Chinese Character 叫 Meanings and components.

Form

叫

Meaning

叫 meaning[3] in English

To Shout.

To Call.

To Order.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 叫 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and archaic variant of … (丩)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RVL

How to write 叫

To write叫jiao4to shout you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 丩jiu1archaic variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 丩 = 叫

叫 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 叫 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 叫, looks as follow:

叫
Pinyin:jiao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Shout . To Call . To Order . To Ask . To Be Called . By (Indicates Agent In The Passive Mood)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丩
Pinyin:jiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 糾|纠[Jiu1]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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