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
叫作
jiàozuò
to be called
Characters in this word
作 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这叫作家。 Zhè jiào zuò jiā. This is called a home.
- 他叫作小明。 Tā jiào zuò Xiǎomíng. He is called Xiaoming.
- 它叫作猫。 Tā jiào zuò māo. It is called a cat.
Related words
- 叫 jiào to call, to be called; to shout
- 叫 jiào by (passive marker)
- 动作 dòngzuò movement, action
- 工作 gōngzuò to work; work, job
- 作家 zuòjiā writer
- 作文 zuòwén composition
- 作业 zuòyè homework
- 作用 zuòyòng role; effect
- 创作 chuàngzuò to create art; creative work
- 合作 hézuò to cooperate
- 写作 xiězuò writing; to write
- 制作 zhìzuò to make; to create