in English

jiào verb, preposition HSK 1
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

Measure word

  • (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
  • diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order... attested in use
  • wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2... attested in use
  • ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 叫 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 叫 Show the animation
Le caractère 呌 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

  • Small seal script: 叫 Small seal script
  • Clerical script: 叫 Clerical script 東漢

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 一百年叫做一个世纪。

    A hundred years is called a century.

  • 一百年被叫做一个世纪。

    A hundred years is called a century.

  • 为了准时到达那里,我们叫了出租车。

    We took a taxi so as to reach there on time.

  • 他们把她的宝宝叫做珍妮。

    They named her baby Jane.

  • 他到了火车站,就叫了辆出租车。

    On his arrival at the station, he called a taxi.

  • 他叫了一盘杂碎。

    He ordered a chop suey.

  • 他叫了一盘炒什锦。

    He ordered a chop suey.

  • 他叫什么名字?

    What is his name?

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