Japanese symbol for “barker”
呼び込み
よびこみ
Romaji: yobikomi
barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public
In Japanese, barker is 呼び込み, read よびこみ (yobikomi).
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Meanings
- n barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public
- vs calling out to potential customers
Written forms: 呼び込み、呼込み. Readings: よびこみ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “barker”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 客引き | きゃくひき kyakuhiki | tout; barker; pander |
| 皮剥ぎ | かわはぎ kawahagi | skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking |
| 皮むき器 | かわむきき kawamukiki | debarker (i.e. for removing bark from a tree); barker |
| 皮むき | かわむき kawamuki | parer; peeler; paring-knife |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呼ぶ | よぶ yobu | to call out (to); to call; to invoke |
| 呼吸 | こきゅう kokyuu | breathing; respiration |
| 呼びかけ | よびかけ yobikake | call; appeal |
| 呼び名 | よびな yobina | popular name; common name; given name |
| 呼び出す | よびだす yobidasu | to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone) |
| 呼び出し | よびだし yobidashi | call; summons; paging |
| 見込み | みこみ mikomi | hope; promise; possibility |
| 申し込み | もうしこみ moushikomi | application; entry; request |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.