叫 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Practise this character

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「丩」。｛叫｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

shout, exclaim, yell

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• キョウJHS

Kun (native)

• さけ(ぶ)JHS

Other languages

• 拼音jiao4
• 한글gyu
• Hán-ViệtKhiếu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

口(くち)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 2

Unicode

U+53EB

grid_viewComponents

• ｜
• 十じゅう
• 口くち

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口丩

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 叫ぶさけぶ大きな声を出す。 世間に向かって強く主張する。to shout, to cry (out), to scream, to shriek
• 叫びさけび大きな声を出すこと。また、その声。 世間に広く主張すること。shout, cry, outcry, yell
• 叫び声さけびごえ大きく叫ぶ声。shout, yell, scream, cry
• 叫喚きょうかん（サ変）大声で喚き叫ぶこと。 叫喚地獄の略。shout, scream
• 叫号きょうごうcrying aloud
• 叫声きょうせい叫び声。叫び。yell, shout, cry, roar
• 叫びだすさけびだすto let out a cry, to break forth

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 舏One part differs
• 虯One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Compare characters

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-3

Four Corner

6200.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3d3.4

Heisig

1626

Nelson

881