yāo
bawl
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 幺 represents the sound.
Definitions
yāo
bawl, yell, shout, cry out; to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares)
Most common words with 吆
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to shout | ||
to shout | ||
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling | ||
to shout (orders) | ||
to shout |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3551st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+5406 |
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