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IDENTITY

jiàoto call; to be called; to shout

HSK 1Top 420

CORE MEANING

to call; to be called; to shout

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to be calledHSK1
  2. 2.to shoutHSK2

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
mouth radical (kǒu)
strokes
5
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰口丩
    • mouth
    • gives the sound jiào (historical)

USAGE

Common words

大叫dà jiàoto shout
叫醒jiàoxǐngto wake someone up

Graded examples

  • 我叫王小明。Wǒ jiào Wáng Xiǎomíng.HSK1

    My name is Wang Xiaoming.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A mouth (口) calling out — being called.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#420
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-14

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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