唤 meaning and stroke order
To call
How to write 唤, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 唤
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to call
How 唤 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 奂 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 唤
唤 is a mouth 口 (the meaning part) next to 奂 (huàn), which gives the sound. Picture a mouth opening wide to call someone's name, and the right side tells you to say it huàn.
唤 is rarely used alone in modern speech. It usually appears in words like 唤醒 (huànxǐng, to wake up), 呼唤 (hūhuàn, to call out) and 唤起 (huànqǐ, to arouse). Example: 妈妈把我唤醒了。(Māma bǎ wǒ huànxǐng le.) Mom woke me up.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 唤 with 换 (huàn, to exchange) and 焕 (huàn, shining), because all three share 奂 and the same sound. Remember that 口 means calling with the mouth, 扌 means changing with the hand, and 火 means glowing like fire.
Common words with 唤
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 呼唤 | hūhuàn | to call out (a name etc); to shout | HSK 7-9 |
| 使唤 | shǐhuan | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) | HSK 7-9 |
| 唤起 | huànqǐ | to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses) | HSK 7-9 |
| 呼风唤雨 | hūfēng-huànyǔ | to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up | HSK 7-9 |
| 召唤 | zhàohuàn | to summon; to beckon | |
| 唤醒 | huànxǐng | to wake sb; to rouse | |
| 传唤 | chuánhuàn | a summons (to the police); subpoena | |
| 叫唤 | jiàohuan | to cry out; to bark out a sound |
唤 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 唤
How many strokes are in 唤?
唤 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 唤 mean?
唤 (huàn) means to call. A common word with it is 呼唤 (hūhuàn), meaning "to call out (a name etc); to shout".
How do you pronounce 唤?
唤 is pronounced huàn, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 唤?
The radical of 唤 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 唤 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 唤?
The traditional form of 唤 is 喚. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 唤 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 唤 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 唤 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 唤 and 叫 for 'to call'?
叫 (jiào) is the everyday word, as in 叫他来 (call him over). 唤 sounds more literary or formal and mostly lives inside set words like 唤醒 and 召唤.
Why is 使唤 pronounced shǐhuan with a neutral tone?
In some colloquial words, 唤 loses its fourth tone and becomes light, as in 使唤 (shǐhuan) and 叫唤 (jiàohuan). In more formal words like 唤醒 and 呼唤, it keeps its full fourth tone.