Meaning
call; cry; to shout
Chinese: 大声叫、呼喊。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “han” becomes a different word in each tone. 喊 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 呐喊nà hǎnshout; rallying cry; cheering; to shout
- 大喊dà hǎnto shout
- 喊道hǎn dàoto yell
- 高喊gāo hǎnto shout loudly; to raise a cry; to yell
- 喊话hǎn huàto speak using a loud voice or megaphone etc; (fig.) to convey a strong message
Example Sentence
他大声喊我的名字。Tā dà shēng hǎn wǒ de míng zi.He shouted my name loudly.
他Tāhe大声dà shēngloud voice喊hǎnto yell我wǒI的deof名字míng ziname (of a person or thing。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The mouth radical 口 (meaning) plus 咸 (xián, sound): to raise the voice — ‘to shout / call out’.
A way to remember it
A mouth (口) + the sound 咸 — to shout.
Easy to confuse with
- 咸‘Salty / all’: the sound part of 喊, on its own.