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Kotomora

叫

shout, exclaim, yell

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes6

Readings

On'yomi

  • キョウ

Kun'yomi

  • さけ.ぶ

Meaning

叫 centers on producing a loud vocal sound: shouting, exclaiming, or yelling, typically to express strong emotion or attract attention.

Most common words using 叫

  • 叫ぶさけぶ
    N3

    to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim

  • 叫びさけび
    N1

    shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

  • 絶叫ぜっきょう

    scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

  • 叫び声さけびごえ
    N3

    shout; yell; scream; cry

  • 雄叫びおたけび

    roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; war cry

  • 泣き叫ぶなきさけぶ

    to cry and shout; to scream

  • 阿鼻叫喚あびきょうかん

    agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

  • 叫びだすさけびだす

    to let out a cry; to break forth

  • 叫号きょうごう

    crying aloud

  • 叫喚きょうかん

    shout; scream

  • 叫声きょうせい

    yell; shout; cry; roar; howl

  • 哀叫あいきょう

    crying loudly with sadness

  • 大叫喚地獄だいきょうかんじごく

    Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism

  • 大絶叫だいぜっきょう

    loud scream; screaming at the top of one's lungs

  • 快哉を叫ぶかいさいをさけぶ

    to shout with exultation; to shout for joy

  • 改革を叫ぶかいかくをさけぶ

    to cry loudly for a reform; to clamour for change

  • 矢叫びやさけび

    yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle

  • 絶叫マシンぜっきょうマシン

    thrill ride (at an amusement park)

  • 角叫鳥つのさけびどり

    horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)

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Etymology

叫 combines 口 (mouth) with 丩, which likely contributes a phonetic element related to a loud or twisted sound. The exact historical origin of 丩 is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A mouth 口 beside a twisted, rising shape 丩: picture a mouth opening wide and the sound twisting upward as a loud shout.

Reading mnemonic

For キョウ, imagine a person shouting 'KYO!' in a martial arts dojo: the sharp 'KYO' sound cues キョウ while the mouth 口 shouts.