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喚

yell
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingわめ.く
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. yellRtK
    証人喚問はとんだ騒ぎになってしまいました。The confirmation hearings turned into a free-for-all.tatoeba
    この本があなたの想像力を喚起してくれるでしょう。This book will awaken your imagination.tatoeba
  2. cry
  3. call
    彼は証言をするために召喚された。He was called to give evidence.tatoeba
  4. scream
  5. summon
    証人を月曜日に喚問するよう提案します。I move that the witness be summoned on Monday.tatoeba
  1. to shout
  2. to cry (out)
  3. to yell
  4. to scream
  5. to clamour

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mouth (口) · bound up (乙) · four (四) · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1121

Compound words

喚くわめく
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
喚起かんき
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
喚問かんもん
summons
召喚しょうかん
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation
喚声かんせい
shout (of excitement)
叫喚きょうかん
shout
招喚しょうかん
summons
泣喚くなきわめく
to wail
阿鼻叫喚あびきょうかん
agonizing cries
喚び起すよびおこす
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them)
泣き喚くなきわめく
to wail
喚起するかんきする
arousal
喚び起こすよびおこす
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them)

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 喚

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step