Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

叫: shout, exclaim

Also: yell

JLPT N26 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 丩 gives the sound

6 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 阿鼻叫喚あびきょうかんagonizing cries, pandemonium
  • 絶叫するぜっきょうするscream, shout [v.i.]
  • 絶叫ぜっきょう

さけぶsakebu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 叫ぶさけぶscream, shout [v.i.]
  • 叫び声さけびごえshout, scream [n.]
  • 叫びさけびshout; cry; outcry

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“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

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丩

Also built on 丩

The 丩 family reads キュウ (kyuu); 叫 is read キョウ.

Also read キョウ

47 kanji share this on'yomiAll 47

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
叫 shout · 丩
vs叶 grant · 十
叫 has 丩 where 叶 has 十.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiào

Same form: 叫 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
叫 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
叫 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jiào most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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