Kanji

喚

喚

yell, cry, call, scream, summon

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

口部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

わめく

Nanori (Name Reading)

よぶ

Common Readings

カン

Example sentences

召喚 しょうかん
彼は証人として裁判所に召喚された。

He was summoned to court as a witness.

喚く わめく
子供が夜中に大声で喚いている。

The child is screaming loudly in the middle of the night.

阿鼻叫喚 あびきょうかん
事故現場は、阿鼻叫喚の地獄絵図だった。

The accident scene was a hellscape of shrieking pandemonium.

喚起 かんき
政府は国民に節電を呼びかけ、注意を喚起した。

The government called on the citizens to save electricity and urged caution.

Example Vocabulary

召喚

しょうかん

summons

喚く

わめく

to yell; to shout; to scream

阿鼻叫喚

あびきょうかん

shrieking pandemonium; hellish chaos

泣き喚く

なきわめく

喚き散らす

わめきちらす

喚ぶ

よぶ

喚起

かんき

arousal; evocation; calling forth

喚び出す

よびだす

喚声

かんせい

注意喚起

ちゅういかんき

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