叫

shout, exclaim, yell

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

さけ.ぶ

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1426

Vocabulary

キョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
阿鼻叫喚	アビキョウカン	agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
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
大叫喚地獄	ダイキョウカンジゴク	Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
叫く	わめく	to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
叫び	さけび	shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
叫び声	さけびごえ	shout; yell; scream; cry
叫ぶ	さけぶ	to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist; to protest; to appeal
泣き叫ぶ	なきさけぶ	to cry and shout; to scream

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