叫

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5
Variants: 呌

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiào
Cantonese: giu3
JapaneseKun: SAKEBU
JapaneseOn: KYOU
Korean: KYU
Vietnamese: khiếu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: cry, shout; hail, greet, call

CE-Dict: to shout/to call/to order/to ask/to be called/by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

Soothill: To call, cry.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.(of animals) to call, including bark, bleat, crow, neigh, sing, etc.
2.to shout
3.to greet; to call
4.to give a name

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: cry; call; ask; blat; bray; greet; name; order; shout

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: call; cry; ask; blat; bray; greet; name; order; shout

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Cri

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》叫嘑也。从口丩聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】叫
【唐韻】【正韻】吉弔切【集韻】【韻會】古弔切，𠀤音訆。【說文】嘑也。【詩·小雅】或不知叫號。【釋文】叫本又作嘂。　又叫叫，遠聲也。【揚雄·解難】大語叫叫。　又叫奡，高舉貌。【司馬相如·大人賦】糾蓼叫奡。　又色叫。【麈史】王德用召入兩府，有干薦舘職者。王曰：某武人，素不閱書，若奉薦則色叫矣。今人以事理不相當爲色叫，本此。　又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤古幼切，音救。【集韻】聲也。【莊子·齊物論】叫者譹者，郭象讀。【前漢·昌邑王傳】遂叫然號曰。　【玉篇】同噭。【集韻】或作嘄𠶼。　俗作呌，非。
考證：〔【司馬相如·大人賦】糾廖叫奡。〕　謹照原文糾廖改糾蓼。

Buddhism words and phrases cry

CF-Dict: crier/appeler/s'appeler/ordonner/par

Han-De-Dict: heißen (u.E.) (V); Bsp.: 你叫什麼名字？你叫什么名字？ -- Wie heißt du?/rufen (u.E.) (V)