叫

叫 (radical 30, 口+2 in Chinese, 口+3 in Japanese, 5 strokes in Chinese, 6 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 口女中 (RVL), four-corner 6400₀, composition ⿰口丩)

• 𢫃, 𣐲, 𣌺, 𨦀, 䆗

• KangXi: page 172, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3240
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 573, character 2
• Unihan data for U+53EB

• Unihan data for U+2F839

Historical forms of the character 叫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kiːws) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw).

叫

1. to be called
   • 你叫什麼名字？ / 你叫什么名字？  ―  Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?  ―  What is your name?
   • 這叫什麼？ / 这叫什么？  ―  Zhè jiào shénme?  ―  How do you call this? / What is it called?
   • 你叫咩名呀？ [Cantonese]  ―  Nei⁵ giu³ me¹ ming⁴ aa³? [Jyutping]  ―  What is your name?

   • 雖然個名叫[…]，但[…] [Cantonese, trad.]
     虽然个名叫[…]，但[…] [Cantonese, simp.]

     seoi¹ jin⁴ go³ ming⁴ giu³ , daan⁶ [Jyutping]

     although it is called […] , […]

   • 乜嘢叫[…]？ / 乜嘢叫[…]？ [Cantonese]  ―  Mat¹ je⁵ giu³ ? [Jyutping]  ―  What is […] ?

   • 終於明白乜嘢叫[…] [Cantonese, trad.]
     终于明白乜嘢叫[…] [Cantonese, simp.]

     zung¹ jyu¹ ming⁴ baak⁶ mat¹ je⁵ giu³ [Jyutping]

     to finally realize what […] is

2. to call; to name

   • 我們經常叫他的綽號。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们经常叫他的绰号。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒmen jīngcháng jiào tā de chuòhào. [Pinyin]

     We often call him by his nickname.

   • 我可以叫他戴夫嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
     我可以叫他戴夫吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ kěyǐ jiào tā Dàifū ma? [Pinyin]

     May I call him Dave?

3. to call (someone)
   • 叫警察  ―  jiào jǐngchá  ―  to call the police

   • 要是需要什麼，我就叫你。 [MSC, trad.]
     要是需要什么，我就叫你。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yàoshì xūyào shénme, wǒ jiù jiào nǐ. [Pinyin]

     I'll call you if anything is needed.

4. to cry; to shout
   • 狗叫  ―  gǒu jiào  ―  dog bark

   • 她高興地叫起來，投入了她母親的懷抱。 [MSC, trad.]
     她高兴地叫起来，投入了她母亲的怀抱。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā gāoxìng dì jiào qǐlái, tóurù le tā mǔqīn de huáibào. [Pinyin]

     With a cry of joy, she fell into her mother's arms.

5. to hail; to greet
6. to ask; to order
   • 叫他待在家裡。 / 叫他待在家里。  ―  Jiào tā dài zài jiālǐ.  ―  Ask her to stay home.

   • 醫生叫他休息幾天。 [MSC, trad.]
     医生叫他休息几天。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yīshēng jiào tā xiūxī jǐ tiān. [Pinyin]

     The doctor told him to lay off a couple of days.

   • 叫佢唔好再搵我 [Cantonese, trad.]
     叫佢唔好再揾我 [Cantonese, simp.]

     giu³ keoi⁵ m⁴ hou² zoi³ wan² ngo⁵ [Jyutping]

     ask them not to try to contact me ever again

   • 「叫你耶穌落嚟見我哋！」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     “叫你耶稣落嚟见我哋！” [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2019,

     “giu³ nei⁵ je⁴ sou¹ lok⁶ lai⁴ gin³ ngo⁵ dei⁶!” [Jyutping]

     "Ask your 'Jesus' to come down and watch!"

7. to hire; to call (a taxi); to order (in a restaurant, in a shop)

   • 我給你叫什麼菜？肉排還是魚？ [MSC, trad.]
     我给你叫什么菜？肉排还是鱼？ [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ gěi nǐ jiào shénme cài? Ròupái háishì yú? [Pinyin]

     What shall I order for you? Steak or fish?

   • 叫碟炒飯 / 叫碟炒饭 [Cantonese]  ―  giu³ dip⁶ caau² faan⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to order some fried rice
8. (dialectal) to cry; to weep
9. used in a passive sentence to introduce the agent; by

   • 莊稼叫大水沖走了。 [MSC, trad.]
     庄稼叫大水冲走了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhuāngjià jiào dàshuǐ chōng zǒu le. [Pinyin]

     The crops were washed away by the flood.

• (to call, to be called): When used for a person, 叫 is generally followed by one's given name or full name, as in English.

• (to be called): 姓 (xìng, “to be surnamed”)
• (to order a dish): 點／点 (diǎn)

• “Entry #1412”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to shout; to scream
2. to clamor for or against something, to make an appeal for or against something

• Go-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: さけぶ (sakebu, 叫ぶ, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 叫 (MC keu^H), compare modern Min Nan kiò.

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ː]

叫 • (gyu) (hangeul 규)

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叫: Hán Việt readings: khiếu[1][2][3]
叫: Nôm readings: kêu[1][2][3][4], kíu[4]

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• 叫奈 (khiếu nại)