叫
shout, exclaim, yell
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)
Study
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.