Japanese symbol for “paging”
呼び出し
よびだし
Romaji: yobidashi
call; summons; paging; curtain call
In Japanese, paging is 呼び出し, read よびだし (yobidashi).
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Meanings
- n, vs call; summons; paging; curtain call
- n call; invocation (comp)
- n usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc. (sumo)
- n telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached
- n box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
- n high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)
Written forms: 呼び出し、呼出し、呼出. Readings: よびだし.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “paging”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ページング | ページング peejingu | (memory) paging |
| 丁付け | ちょうづけ chouzuke | paging; pagination; numbering |
| ページ組み | ページぐみ peejigumi | paging |
| ページ付け | ページづけ peejizuke | pagination; paging |
| ページネーション | ページネーション peejineeshon | pagination; paging |
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) |
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出る | でる deru | to leave; to exit; to go out |
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.