叫(jiào): to shout

HSK 15 strokes

to shout

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Character informationHSK 1

Pinyin: jiào
Meaning: to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
Strokes: 5
HSK level: HSK 1
Traditional: Same

Origin & structureWhere 叫 comes from

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰口丩

In this compound, the meaning comes from 口 (mouth); 丩 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

口kǒumeaning
mouth
Also in 和中后可事同
丩jiūsound
old variant of 纠
Also in 收纠

Parts are arranged left to right.

Words with 叫most common first

jiào叫zuò作

HSK 4

to call; to be called

jiào叫hǎo好

HSK 7-9

to applaud

jiào叫bǎn板

HSK 7-9

to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking…

jiào叫zuò做

to be called; to be known as

míng名jiào叫

called

luàn乱jiào叫

to inconsiderately shout

jiào叫tíng停

(sports) to call a time-out

jiào叫hǎn喊

exclamation

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