What is the Kanji for "Shout"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Shout", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Shout" is "叫".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Sake".

Its onyomi reading is "Kyou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "口" means "Mouth" and can be read as "Ku", "Kuchi", and "Kou". And The component "丩" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "叫" mean in japanese?

"叫" means "Shout".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

叫ぶ: "Shout". The Japanese verb '叫ぶ (さけぶ)' means 'to shout'. This verb is used to describe the act of raising one's voice loudly, often to express strong emotion such as anger, fear or excitement. It can be used in both casual and formal speech. For example: The man shouted at the crowd - (男が群衆に叫んだ). Please don't shout, I can hear you - (叫ばないでください、聞こえています)

叫び: "Scream". The Japanese noun '叫び (さけび)' means 'scream'. This word is used to describe a loud, sudden cry or shout that expresses strong emotion such as fear, pain, or excitement. It can refer to the act of screaming or the sound produced. For example: She let out a scream when she saw the spider - (彼女は蜘蛛を見たときに叫び声をあげた). The terrified child's scream echoed through the house - (恐れおののいた子供の叫び声が家中に響き渡った).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". And The hiragana "け" is read as "ke".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.