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HSK 1 · Greetings

叫

jiào

to be called; to call

Stroke order of 叫

叫 is written with 5 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A mouth '口' crying out with a tangled '丩' voice — calling your name.

Parts: 口 mouth + 丩 (phonetic, 'entwine')

Example sentence

我叫王明。

My name is Wang Ming.

Words with 叫

More words: Greetings

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