漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
喚: yell, cry
Also: call, scream, summon
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 口mouth(meaning)
- 奐(sound)
口 carries the meaning · 奐 gives the sound
12 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 喚問かんもんsummons
- 喚起かんきarousal; excitation; awakening
- 喚声かんせいshout (of excitement); roar (of a crowd)
- 召喚しょうかんsummons; subpoena; citation
わめくwameku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 喚くわめくto shout; to cry (out); to yell
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side喚 yell · 口
vs換 interchange · 扌In ChineseSimplified 唤 · traditional, as in Japanese · huàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 喚; mainland China simplifies it to 唤.
- Simplified
- 唤 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 喚 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huàn 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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