叫 – shout, exclaim, yell

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The kanji 叫 means shout, exclaim, yell. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さけ.ぶ (sakebu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	さけ.ぶ	sakebu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: ｜・口・十.

Words using 叫

叫ぶさけぶto shout叫びさけびshout

Example sentences

彼女の叫びが警察を呼び寄せた。

Her scream brought the police.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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