How to write 叫 (jiào, “to shout”)
叫 (jiào), an HSK 1 character, means “to shout”, “to call” and “to order”. China writes it with 5 strokes and Japan with 6 strokes. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 叫作 (“to call”), 叫好 (“to applaud”) and 叫板 (“to signal the musicians”). Japanese reads it sake-bu, “shout”, as a JLPT N2 kanji.
- Pinyin
- jiào
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 口 (“mouth”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
As a left-right character it splits into 口 (“mouth”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 丩 (“to connect”), strokes 4–5, written the left part first.
- top leftdownwards
- top leftrightwards → downwards
- leftrightwards
- topdownwards → rightwards
- top rightdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japan writes it with 6 strokes and China with 5 strokes, and both counts match the reference lists (KANJIDIC2, Unihan).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| jiào fourth tone | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called | — | 叫作 叫好 叫板 叫做 |
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- Words with it
- 60 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 叫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call HSK 1 |
| 叫作 | jiàozuò | to call; to be called HSK 4 |
| 叫好 | jiàohǎo | to applaud; to cheer HSK 7-9 |
| 叫板 | jiàobǎn | to signal the musicians; to challenge HSK 7-9 |
| 叫做 | jiàozuò | to be called; to be known as |
| 叫卖 叫賣 | jiàomài | to hawk (one's wares); to peddle |
| 叫床 | jiàochuáng | to cry out in ecstasy (during lovemaking) |
| 叫早 | jiàozǎo | to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel) |
| 叫车 叫車 | jiàochē | to call a cab; to request a ride (via an app) |
| 叫道 | jiàodào | to call; to shout |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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