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
by (passive marker)
Character
Example phrases
- 门叫风吹开。 Mén jiào fēng chuī kāi. The door is blown open by the wind.
- 衣服叫雨淋湿。 Yīfu jiào yǔ lín shī. The clothes are soaked by the rain.
- 书叫他拿走。 Shū jiào tā ná zǒu. The book is taken away by him.
Related words
- 叫 jiào to call, to be called; to shout
- 叫作 jiàozuò to be called
- 不必 búbì no need to
- 被 bèi by (marks passive)
- 只好 zhǐhǎo to have no choice but to
- 把 bǎ to take (marks the object)
- 不得不 bùdébù to have to
- 为 wèi to become
- 只有 zhǐyǒu only; have only
- 为了 wèile for (purpose)
- 应当 yīngdāng should; ought to
- 为 wèi for (benefit or reason)