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Chinese symbol for “shout”

叫
jiào
to shout; to call; to order; to ask

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shout is 叫 (jiào), defined as: to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

叫 jiào
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “shout”

WordPinyinMeaning
喝hèto shout
呼声 (呼聲)hū shēnga shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
呐喊 (吶喊)nà hǎnshout; rallying cry
呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell
大喊dà hǎnto shout

Related words

Other words that share a character with 叫.

WordPinyinMeaning
叫做jiào zuòto be called; to be known as
名叫míng jiàocalled; named
尖叫jiān jiàoto screech; to shriek
叫声 (叫聲)jiào shēngyelling (sound made by person); barking
呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell
叫作jiào zuòto call; to be called

See also: Japanese symbol for “shout”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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