• 387th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiào (jiao4)to shout • to call • to order • to ask • to be called • by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiào (jiao4)The component is pronounced as 'jiū' (jiu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

叫做 
叫醒 

Uncommon

叫唤 (叫喚)
叫好 
叫板 
叫声 (叫聲)
名叫 
呼叫 
尖叫 

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  • 2976th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 6 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)clamor

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

喧嚣 (喧囂)

Uncommon

叫嚣 (叫囂)
嚣张 (囂張)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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