Memory phrase for the Kanji: 叫

叫

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Meaning shout, yell, cry

Pronunciation

KYŌ
sakebu

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: twisted 丩 (pictograph: two intertwined threads).

Mnemonic
 
The mouth is distorted when shouting.

Radicals

口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
丩 twisted threads
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 Vocabulary

絶叫 ぜっきょう  scream
叫び さけび  shout, scream, outcry
叫ぶ さけぶ  to shout, to cry

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