喚
喚 — Yell
yell, cry, call, scream, summon
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomiわめく (wameku)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 喚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喚問 | かんもん kanmon | summons |
| 喚く | わめく wameku | to shout; to cry (out); to yell |
| 喚起 | かんき kanki | arousal; excitation; awakening |
| 喚声 | かんせい kansei | shout (of excitement); roar (of a crowd) |
| 召喚 | しょうかん shoukan | summons; subpoena; citation |
Study notes
喚 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1120 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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