叫

叫 U+2F839, 叫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F839 ← 𠭣 CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 叱 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

叫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2 in Chinese, 口+3 in Japanese, 5 strokes in Chinese, 6 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 口女中 (RVL), four-corner 6400₀, composition ⿰口丩)

Derived characters

• 𢫃, 𣐲, 𣌺, 𨦀, 䆗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3240
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 573, character 2
• Unihan data for U+53EB

• Unihan data for U+2F839

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kiːws) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

Pronunciation

Definitions

叫

1. to be called

   你叫什麼名字？／你叫什么名字？  ―  Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?  ―  What is your name?

   這叫什麼？／这叫什么？  ―  Zhè jiào shénme?  ―  How do you call this? / What is it called?

   你叫咩名呀？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ giu³ me¹ meng^4-2 aa³?

   What is your name?

   雖然個名叫，但 [Cantonese, trad.]
   虽然个名叫，但 [Cantonese, simp.]

   seoi¹ jin⁴ go³ meng^4-2 giu³ , daan⁶

   although it is called ,

   乜嘢叫？ [Cantonese]  ―  mat¹ je⁵ giu³ ?   ―  What is ?

   終於明白乜嘢叫 [Cantonese, trad.]
   终于明白乜嘢叫 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zung¹ jyu¹ ming⁴ baak⁶ mat¹ je⁵ giu³

   to finally realize what is

2. to call; to name

   我們經常叫他的綽號。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们经常叫他的绰号。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen jīngcháng jiào tā de chuòhào.

   We often call him by his nickname.

   我可以叫他戴夫嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   我可以叫他戴夫吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ kěyǐ jiào tā Dàifū ma?

   May I call him Dave?

3. to call (someone)

   叫警察  ―  jiào jǐngchá  ―  to call the police

   要是需要什麼，我就叫你。 [MSC, trad.]
   要是需要什么，我就叫你。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yàoshì xūyào shénme, wǒ jiù jiào nǐ.

   I'll call you if anything is needed.

4. to yell; to shout

   狗叫  ―  gǒu jiào  ―  dog bark

   她高興地叫起來，投入了她母親的懷抱。 [MSC, trad.]
   她高兴地叫起来，投入了她母亲的怀抱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā gāoxìng dì jiào qǐlái, tóurù le tā mǔqīn de huáibào.

   With a cry of joy, she fell into her mother's arms.

5. to hail; to greet
6. (ditransitive) to ask; to order

   叫他待在家裡。／叫他待在家里。  ―  Jiào tā dài zài jiālǐ.  ―  Ask him to stay home.

   醫生叫他休息幾天。 [MSC, trad.]
   医生叫他休息几天。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīshēng jiào tā xiūxī jǐ tiān.

   The doctor told him to lay off a couple of days.

   叫佢唔好再搵我 [Cantonese, trad.]
   叫佢唔好再揾我 [Cantonese, simp.]

   giu³ keoi⁵ m⁴ hou² zoi³ wan² ngo⁵

   ask them not to try to contact me ever again

   叫佢教你幾句中文 [Cantonese, trad.]
   叫佢教你几句中文 [Cantonese, simp.]

   giu³ keoi⁵ gaau³ nei⁵ gei² geoi³ zung¹ man^4-2

   ask them to teach you a few phrases of Chinese

   • 「叫你耶穌落嚟見我哋！」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     「叫你耶稣落嚟见我哋！」 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019,

     “giu³ nei⁵ je⁴ sou¹ lok⁶ lai⁴ gin³ ngo⁵ dei⁶!”

     "Ask your 'Jesus' to come down and watch!"

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   張凳噉細你叫佢點坐呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   张凳噉细你叫佢点坐呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ dang³ gam² sai³ nei⁵ giu³ keoi⁵ dim² co⁵ aa³?

   How can you expect them to sit down when the chair is so small?

8. to hire; to call (a taxi); to order (in a restaurant, in a shop)

   我給你叫什麼菜？肉排還是魚？ [MSC, trad.]
   我给你叫什么菜？肉排还是鱼？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ gěi nǐ jiào shénme cài? Ròupái háishì yú?

   What shall I order for you? Steak or fish?

   叫碟炒飯／叫碟炒饭 [Cantonese]  ―  giu³ dip⁶ caau² faan⁶   ―  to order some fried rice

9. (dialectal) to cry; to weep
10. used in a passive sentence to introduce the agent; by

    莊稼叫大水沖走了。 [MSC, trad.]
    庄稼叫大水冲走了。 [MSC, simp.]

    Zhuāngjià jiào dàshuǐ chōng zǒu le.

    The crops were washed away by the flood.

11. (Northern Wu) Suffix used to form adverbs from reduplicated monosyllabic adjectives or verbs.

    慢慢叫 [Northern Wu]  ―  slowly

    迓迓叫 [Shanghainese]  ―  ¹ia-ia-ciau [Wugniu]  ―  stealthingly

    好好叫上課／好好叫上课 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁵hau-hau-ciau ⁶zaon-khu [Wugniu]  ―  to attend a class properly

Usage notes

• (to call, to be called): When used for a person, 叫 is generally followed by one's given name or full name, as in English.

Synonyms

• (to order a dish): 點／点 (diǎn)

See also

• 稱呼／称呼 (chēnghū)
• 姓 (xìng, “to be surnamed”)

Compounds

References

• “叫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #1412”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to shout; to scream
2. to clamor for or against something, to make an appeal for or against something

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: さけぶ (sakebu, 叫ぶ, Jōyō)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 叫 (MC kewH), compare modern Min Nan kiò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Affix

叫(きょう) • (kyō) 

1. to shout; to scream

Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 叫 (MC kewH).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

叫

Wikisource

叫 (eumhun 부르짖을 규 (bureujijeul gyu))

1. Hanja form^? of 규 (“shout”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

叫: Hán Việt readings: khiếu
叫: Nôm readings: kêu, kíu

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Compounds

• 叫奈 (khiếu nại)

References