叫jiào
by (agent marker in a spoken passive). 5 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 1.
How to write 叫
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–5 write 丩.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 叫 · the stroke-order rules
What 叫 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 丩 (jiū, to connect).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 丩 carries the sound.
Words that use 叫
| 叫 | by (agent marker in a spoken passive) 用在被动句里，引出做动作的人或事物 衣服叫突然的大雨淋湿了。The clothes got soaked by the sudden downpour. Lesson 243, 虚实相生与辨义明道 · 析理通幽与多音妙用 · Pragmatic Nuance, Contextual Measure & Polyphonic Senses |
| 叫 | to be called (a name) 称呼一个人的名字 你好！对，我就是这里的掌柜。小伙子，你叫什么名字？Hello! Yes, I'm the owner here. Young man, what are you called? Siyuan Teahouse, lesson 1, 欢迎来思源茶馆 |
| 叫作 | to be called, named 给某样东西取了这样一个名字 这种传统美食叫作天下第一鲜。This traditional delicacy is called 'the finest taste under heaven'. Lesson 37, 交朋友 · 鸿儒硕学与市井生计 · Scholarly Exchanges, Culinary Flavors & Urban Life |
Characters that share the sound part 丩
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.