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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1426 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: shout, exclaim, yell

Kunyomi: さけ.ぶ

Onyomi: キョウ

Composition: 口 丩

叫

Radical

Radical: 口

Reading: くちへん

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Reading: くちへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

阿鼻叫喚(あびきょうかん)   agonizing cries, pandemonium

絶叫する(ぜっきょうする)   scream, shout [v.i.]

叫ぶ(さけぶ)   scream, shout [v.i.]

叫び声(さけびごえ)   shout, scream [n.]

Onyomi Examples

叫喚 (キョウカン) shout, scream

叫号 (キョウゴウ) crying aloud

哀叫 (アイキョウ) crying loudly with sadness

大絶叫 (ダイゼッキョウ) loud scream, screaming at the top of one's lungs

Kunyomi Examples

叫ぶ (さけぶ) to shout, to cry, to scream, to shriek, to yell, to exclaim, to clamor (for or against), to clamour (for or against)

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