Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: yell, cry, call, scream, summon

Kunyomi: わめ.く

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カンモン summons

カンキ arousal, excitation, awakening, evocation

キョウカン shout, scream

阿鼻叫 アビキョウカン agonizing cries, pandemonium, two of Buddhism's hells

Kunyomi Examples

わめく to shout, to cry (out), to yell, to scream, to clamour