唤
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to call
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,952 U+5524
How 唤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 奂 (phonetic, huàn)
How to remember it
call out · Heisig RSH #1324
口 mouth + Victorian lady
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 奂
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 奂 (huàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奂 sound component | huàn | numerous; brilliant |
| 换 | huàn | to change; to exchange, to swap, to trade |
| 焕 | huàn | shining, lustrous |
| 涣 | huàn | scattered; to scatter |
| 痪 | huàn | numbness, paralysis |
Words containing 唤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呼风唤雨 | hū fēng huàn yǔ | to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up … |
| 唤头 | huàn tou | percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention |
| 唤作 | huàn zuò | to be called; to be known as |
| 唤起 | huàn qǐ | to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc) |
| 传唤 | chuán huàn | a summons (to the police); subpoena |
| 招唤 | zhāo huàn | to call; to summon |
| 唤做 | huàn zuò | to be called; to be referred to as |
| 呼唤 | hū huàn | to call out (a name etc); to shout |
| 使唤 | shǐ huan | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [s… |
| 叫唤 | jiào huan | to cry out; to bark out a sound |
| 唤醒 | huàn xǐng | to wake sb; to rouse |
| 召唤 | zhào huàn | to summon; to beckon; to call |