Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 mouth(A 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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