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叫 — kanji meaning “shout”

shout, exclaim, yell

Meanings
shout, exclaim, yell
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
6
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#1426 of 2,500
Classical radical
30
Chinese reading
jiào — Chinese character page

Words with 叫

WordReadingMeaning
さけぶ sakebuto shout; to cry (out); to scream
さけび sakebishout; cry; outcry
ぜっきょう zekkyouscream; shriek; shout
さけびごえ sakebigoeshout; yell; scream
なきさけぶ nakisakebuto cry and shout; to scream
おたけび otakebiroar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry
あびきょうかん abikyoukanagonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
きょうかん kyoukanshout; scream
きょうごう kyougoucrying aloud
やさけび yasakebiyell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle
さけびだす sakebidasuto let out a cry; to break forth
あいきょう aikyoucrying loudly with sadness

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.