叫 jiào
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 丩 to connect, to join
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
叫
jiào
to call, to be called; to shout
Character
Example phrases
- 你叫什么名字？ Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? What's your name?
- 我叫王明。 Wǒ jiào Wáng Míng. My name is Wang Ming.
- 妈妈叫我回家。 Māma jiào wǒ huí jiā. Mom is calling me home.