Example sentences
nǐ你jiào叫shén什me么míng名zì字？
What's your name?
tā他jiào叫wǒ我qù去。
He asked me to go.
The story behind the character
叫
口 (mouth) plus 丩 (sound). Xu Shen wrote 叫, 呼也: "to call out." Using the mouth to shout, that's 叫.
jiào叫
to be called
to be called
nǐ你jiào叫shén什me么míng名zì字？
What's your name?
tā他jiào叫wǒ我qù去。
He asked me to go.
口 (mouth) plus 丩 (sound). Xu Shen wrote 叫, 呼也: "to call out." Using the mouth to shout, that's 叫.