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CHINESE CHARACTER

叫 (jiào): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

jiào
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
HSK 15 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

口 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 叫.

Phonetic component

丩 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 5

Write 叫 in 5 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Examples using 叫

叫警察!

Jiào jǐng chá!

Call the police!

叫作

这只鸟叫作什么?

Zhè zhī niǎo jiào zuò shén me ?

What do you call this bird?

FAQ

What does 叫 (jiào) mean in Chinese?

cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail

How do you write 叫 in stroke order?

叫 has 5 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 叫?

口 is the radical in 叫. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 叫?

叫 (jiào): to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); 叫作 (jiàozuò): to call; to be called; 叫板 (jiàobǎn): to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge.