# 叫

| 叫 | U+53EB, &#21483; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EB |
| ← 只 [U+53EA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 召 → [U+53EC] |
| 叫 | U+2F839, &#194617; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F839 |
| ← 𠭣 [U+2F838] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 叱 → [U+2F83A] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 叫 |
| Simplified | 叫 |
| Japanese | 叫 |
| Korean | 叫 |

### Han character

叫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2 in Chinese, 口+3 in Japanese, 5 strokes in Chinese, 6 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 口女中 (RVL), four-corner 6400$_0$, composition ⿰口丩)

#### Derived characters

* 𢫃, 𣐲, 𣌺, 𨦀, 𰈞, 𱈠, 䆗, 𱷵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3240
* Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 573, character 2
* Unihan data for U+53EB
* Unihan data for U+2F839

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 叫
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 艽 | *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 芁 | *kriːw |
| 荍 | *ɡiw |
| 叫 | *kiːws |
| 訆 | *kiːws |
| 嘂 | *kiːws |
| 收 | *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws |
| 糾 | *kɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 朻 | *kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 丩 | *kɯw, *krɯw |
| 赳 | *krɯw, *krɯwʔ |
| 虬 | *ɡrɯw |
| 虯 | *ɡrɯw |
| 觓 | *ɡrɯw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kiːws): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 丩 (OC *kɯw, *krɯw). According to Shuowen Jiezi, its original meaning was "to shout".

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiào (jiao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jiao$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җё (ži͡o, III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): giu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jieu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kieu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jiau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): giău
* Eastern Min (BUC): giú
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiò / kiàu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): giê$^3$ / gio$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$ciau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^4$
*** Yale: jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jiao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giao
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiau²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җё (ži͡o, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɔː⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: giu$^3$
*** Yale: giu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: giu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: giu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːu̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jieu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kieu
*** Hakka Romanization System: gieu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gieu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯eu̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jiau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: giău
*** Sinological IPA : /kiau²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giú
*** Sinological IPA : /kiɛu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiò / kiàu
*** Tâi-lô: kiò / kiàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kioix, kiaux
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kio²¹/, /kiau²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kio⁴¹/, /kiau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kio²¹/, /kiau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kio¹¹/, /kiau¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɤ²¹/, /kiau²¹/
* kiò - vernacular;
* kiàu - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit叫 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕiau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕiɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕiɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiau³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕiau³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕiau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕiao²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕiɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕiæ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕiɛ⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕiɔ³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕio⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕiaɯ¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕiɛu⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kiau⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /keu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kiu³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kiu³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kiu³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kiau²¹/ /kio²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kiɛu²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kiau²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kio²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kio³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: kewH
Rime :
| Character | 叫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 古弔切 |
| Baxter | kewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /keu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /keu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /keu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɛw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /keu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kieu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | giu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤewk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kiːws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 叫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kew$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁewk-s/ |
| English | shout |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 叫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6918 |
| Phonetic component | 丩 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 叫 |
| Old Chinese | /*kiːws/ |

### Definitions

叫
* to be called
    你叫什麼名字？／你叫什么名字？ ― Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? ― What is your name?
    這叫什麼？／这叫什么？ ― Zhè jiào shénme? ― How do you call this? / What is it called?
       nei$^5$ giu$^3$ me$^1$ meng$^{4-2}$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       What is your name?
       seoi$^1$ jin$^4$ go$^3$ meng$^{4-2}$ giu$^3$ […], daan$^6$ […] [Jyutping]
       although it is called […] , […]
    乜嘢叫[…]？ [Cantonese] ― mat$^1$ je$^5$ giu$^3$ […]? [Jyutping] ― What is […] ?
       zung$^1$ jyu$^1$ ming$^4$ baak$^6$ mat$^1$ je$^5$ giu$^3$ […] [Jyutping]
       to finally realize what […] is
* to call; to name
       Wǒmen jīngcháng jiào tā de chuòhào. [Pinyin]
       We often call him by his nickname.
       Wǒ kěyǐ jiào tā Dàifū ma? [Pinyin]
       May I call him Dave?
* to call (someone)
    叫警察 ― jiào jǐngchá ― to call the police
       Yàoshì xūyào shénme, wǒ jiù jiào nǐ. [Pinyin]
       I'll call you if anything is needed.
* to yell; to shout
    狗叫 ― gǒu jiào ― dog bark
       Tā gāoxìng dì jiào qǐlái, tóurù le tā mǔqīn de huáibào. [Pinyin]
       With a cry of joy, she fell into her mother's arms.
* to hail; to greet
* (ditransitive) to ask; to order
    叫他待在家裡。／叫他待在家里。 ― Jiào tā dài zài jiālǐ. ― Ask him to stay home.
       Yīshēng jiào tā xiūxī jǐ tiān. [Pinyin]
       The doctor told him to lay off a couple of days.
       giu$^3$ keoi$^5$ m$^4$ hou$^2$ zoi$^3$ wan$^2$ ngo$^5$ [Jyutping]
       Ask them not to try to contact me ever again
       giu$^3$ keoi$^5$ gaau$^3$ nei$^5$ gei$^2$ geoi$^3$ zung$^1$ man$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping]
       ask them to teach you a few phrases of Chinese
    From: 2019,
    “giu$^3$ nei$^5$ je$^4$ sou$^1$ lok$^6$ lai$^4$ gin$^3$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$!” [Jyutping]
    "Ask your 'Jesus' to come down and watch!"
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
       zoeng$^1$ dang$^3$ gam$^2$ sai$^3$ nei$^5$ giu$^3$ keoi$^5$ dim$^2$ co$^5$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       How can you expect them to sit down when the chair is so small?
* to hire; to call (a taxi); to order (in a restaurant, in a shop)
       Wǒ gěi nǐ jiào shénme cài? Ròupái háishì yú? [Pinyin]
       What shall I order for you? Steak or fish?
    叫碟炒飯／叫碟炒饭 [Cantonese] ― giu$^3$ dip$^6$ caau$^2$ faan$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to order some fried rice
* (dialectal) to cry; to weep
* used in a passive sentence to introduce the agent; by
       Zhuāngjià jiào dàshuǐ chōng zǒu le. [Pinyin]
       The crops were washed away by the flood.
* (Northern Wu) Suffix used to form adverbs from reduplicated monosyllabic adjectives or verbs.
    慢慢叫 [Suzhounese] ― $^6$me-me$_6$-ciau$_5$ [Wugniu] ― slowly
    迓迓叫 [Shanghainese] ― $^1$ia-ia$_1$-ciau$_5$ [Wugniu] ― stealthingly
    輕輕叫／轻轻叫 [Ningbonese] ― $^1$chin-chin$_1$-ciau$_5$ [Wugniu] ― lightly
    好好叫上課／好好叫上课 [Shanghainese] ― $^5$hau-hau$_5$-ciau$_5$ $^6$zaon-khu$_5$ [Wugniu] ― to attend a class properly

#### Usage notes

* (to call, to be called): When used for a person, 叫 is generally followed by one's given name or full name, as in English.

#### Descendants

* → Turkmen: gyw (“sound made to call others in feminine speech”)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 叫做, 叫作, 叫, 稱為, 稱做, 稱作, 名叫, 名為 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 叫做, 叫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 叫做 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 叫做, 叫 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 喊做 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 喊做 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 喊做 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 喊做, 安做 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 喊做, 安做 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 喊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 喊做, 安到 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 喊做, 安到 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 喊做, 安到 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 喊做, 安到, 安做, 安著 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 喊做, 安到 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 喊做, 號做 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 號做 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 號做 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 號做 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 號做, 叫做 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 叫做 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 號做, 叫, 叫做 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 叫做, 名做 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 叫做 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 叫做 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 叫, 叫做 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 謳, 謳做 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 喊做 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 喊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 喊, 嚷 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 喊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 喊, 喊呼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 喊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 喊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 喊, 喊叫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 喊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 喊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 喊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 喊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 喊, 𠵫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 喊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 喊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 喊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 喊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 叫, 嗌 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嗌, 叫 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嗌 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 叫 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 喊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 喊 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 喊 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 喊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 喊 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 喊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 喊 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 喊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 喊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 喊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 喊, 叫喊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 喊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 吿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 咻, 喝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 咻, 喝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 咻, 喝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 嚷 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 喝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 喊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 喊, 叱 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 嚷, 呵, 叱 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 喝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 喊, 叫 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 喊 |
| Wu | Danyang | 喊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 嘶, 叫 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 叫 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 喊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 喊 |
* (to order a dish): 點／点 (diǎn)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 泣, 哭 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哭, 哭泣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 哭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 哭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 哭, 哭鼻子 humorous |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 哭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 哭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 哭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 哭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 哭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 哭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 哭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 哭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 哭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 哭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 哭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 哭, 哭鼻子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 哭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 哭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 哭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 哭, 哭鼻子 humorous |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 哭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 哭, 喊 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 哭 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 喊 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 哭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 哭, 叫 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 啼 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 哭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 叫, 叫眵, 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 叫 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 哭 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 叫 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 叫, 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 叫, 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 叫, 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 哭 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 叫 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 叫 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 叫 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 叫 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 唩 |
| Hakka | Changting | 唩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 唩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 唩 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 唩 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 叫 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 唩 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 叫 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 唩 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 叫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 叫, 叫眵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 叫, 叫眵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 叫, 叫眵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 叫, 叫眵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 唩, 唩眵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 唩 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 叫 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 叫, 喊 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 叫 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 叫, 叫嘴 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 叫 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 叫 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 嚎 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 哭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 哭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 啼 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 啼 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 啼 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 啼 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 啼 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 啼 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 啼 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 啼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 啼, 啼嘛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 啼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 啼 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 啼 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 啼 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 嚎 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 嚎 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 嚎 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 嚎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 啼, 哭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 啼, 啼嘛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 吼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 哭, 吼 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 吼 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 哭, 吼 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 吼 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 哭, 吼 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 吼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 哭, 吼 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 吼, 哭 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 啼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 啼 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 吼 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 哭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 啼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 哭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 吼 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 吼 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 哭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 哭 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 叫 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 叫 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 叫 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 叫 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 叫 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 叫 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 叫 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 叫 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 叫 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 叫 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 叫 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 叫 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 叫 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 啼 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 啼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 哭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 哭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 哭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 哭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 哭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 哭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 哭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 哭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哭 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哭 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哭 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 哭 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 被 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 被, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 被, 讓, 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 叫, 讓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 遭, 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把得 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 給, 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給, 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 讓, 等 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 分 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 分 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 分 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 分 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 分 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 分 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 分 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 分 |
| Hakka | Changting | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 得 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 給 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 分 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 得 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 得 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 討 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 分 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 叫, 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 乞, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞, 予 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 分 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥, 撥勒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥, 撥人家 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽, 撈, 讓, 被 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耗 |

#### See also

* 稱呼／称呼 (chēnghū)
* 姓 (xìng, “to be surnamed”)

### Compounds

* 不叫
* 亂叫 / 乱叫
* 人歡馬叫 / 人欢马叫 (rénhuānmǎjiào)
* 刮刮叫
* 叫二排局
* 叫做 (jiàozuò)
* 叫停 (jiàotíng)
* 叫價 / 叫价 (jiàojià)
* 叫化 (jiàohuā)
* 叫化子 (jiàohuāzi)
* 叫化子雞 / 叫化子鸡
* 叫吃
* 叫名
* 叫名頭 / 叫名头
* 叫吼
* 叫哥哥
* 叫喊 (jiàohǎn)
* 叫喚 / 叫唤 (jiàohuàn)
* 叫嚷 (jiàorǎng)
* 叫囂 / 叫嚣 (jiàoxiāo)
* 叫好 (jiàohǎo)
* 叫子 (jiàozi)
* 叫字號 / 叫字号
* 叫局
* 叫屈 (jiàoqū)
* 叫座 (jiàozuò)
* 叫板 (jiàobǎn)
* 叫條子 / 叫条子
* 叫渴
* 叫絕 / 叫绝 (jiàojué)
* 叫罵 / 叫骂 (jiàomà)
* 叫聒
* 叫聲 / 叫声 (jiàoshēng)
* 叫花子 (jiàohuāzi)
* 叫苦 (jiàokǔ)
* 叫苦不迭 (jiàokǔbùdié)
* 叫苦連天 / 叫苦连天 (jiàokǔliántiān)
* 叫菜
* 叫號 / 叫号
* 叫街
* 叫賣 / 叫卖 (jiàomài)
* 叫車 / 叫车 (jiàochē)
* 叫醒 (jiàoxǐng)
* 叫醒服務 / 叫醒服务
* 叫門 / 叫门
* 叫陣 / 叫阵 (jiàozhèn)
* 叫頭 / 叫头
* 叫驢 / 叫驴 (jiàolǘ)
* 叫魂
* 吼叫 (hǒujiào)
* 呼叫 (hūjiào)
* 呼叫器 (hūjiàoqì)
* 呼名叫陣 / 呼名叫阵
* 呱呱叫 (guāguājiào)
* 呼紅叫六 / 呼红叫六
* 哇哇叫
* 唱叫
* 唱叫揚疾 / 唱叫扬疾
* 喊七叫八
* 喊冤叫屈
* 喊叫 (hǎnjiào)
* 啼叫 (tíjiào)
* 喜鵲叫吉 / 喜鹊叫吉
* 嘶叫 (sījiào)
* 嚷叫
* 大呼小叫 (dàhūxiǎojiào)
* 大喊大叫 (dàhǎndàjiào)
* 大嚷大叫
* 尖叫 (jiānjiào)
* 念曲叫曲
* 慘叫 / 惨叫 (cǎnjiào)
* 把飯叫饑 / 把饭叫饥
* 拍手叫好
* 拍案叫妙
* 拍案叫絕 / 拍案叫绝 (pāi'ànjiàojué)
* 括括叫
* 洋叫
* 漫天叫價 / 漫天叫价
* 狼嗥鬼叫 (lángháoguǐjiào)
* 狼號鬼叫 / 狼号鬼叫
* 相叫
* 羅成叫關 / 罗成叫关
* 聒聒叫
* 聲叫聲應 / 声叫声应
* 謾罵叫囂 / 谩骂叫嚣
* 鍋叫門開 / 锅叫门开
* 隳突叫號 / 隳突叫号
* 鳴冤叫屈 / 鸣冤叫屈
* 鳴叫 / 鸣叫 (míngjiào)

### References

* “叫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “叫”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to shout; to scream
* to clamor for or against something, to make an appeal for or against something

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
* Kun: さけぶ (sakebu, 叫ぶ, Jōyō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 叫
* きょう Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 叫 (MC kewH), compare modern Min Nan kiò.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʲo̞ː]

### Affix

叫(きょう) • (kyō)
* to shout; to scream

#### Derived terms

* 哀(あい)叫(きょう) (aikyō)
* 阿(あ)鼻(び)叫(きょう)喚(かん) (abikyōkan)
* 叫(きょう)喚(かん) (kyōkan)
* 絶(ぜっ)叫(きょう) (zekkyō)
* 熱(ねっ)叫(きょう) (nekkyō)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 叫 (MC kewH).

### Hanja

Wikisource 叫 (eumhun 부르짖을 규 (bureujijeul gyu))
* hanja form of 규 (“shout”)

#### Compounds

* 규곡 (叫曲, gyugok)
* 규성 (叫聲, gyuseong)
* 규탄 (叫彈, gyutan)
* 규호 (叫號, gyuho)
* 애규 (哀叫, aegyu)
* 절규 (絶叫, jeolgyu)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

叫: Hán Việt readings: khiếu
叫: Nôm readings: kêu, kíu
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* 叫奈 (khiếu nại)

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Hồ (1976).