jiào

to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

Radical: 口 HSK 1 v, p, n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

叫 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 叫

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 叫.

乱叫
luàn jiào
叫作
jiào zuò
叫做
jiào zuò
叫停
jiào tíng
叫卖
jiào mài
叫响
jiào xiǎng
叫唤
jiào huan
叫喊
jiào hǎn
叫嚣
jiào xiāo
叫嚷
jiào rǎng
叫声
jiào shēng
叫好
jiào hǎo

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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