喚 meaning and stroke order
To call
How to write 喚, stroke by stroke
12 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 喚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to call
How 喚 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 奐 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 喚
喚 (huàn) is pictophonetic: the mouth 口 on the left shows you are using your voice, and 奐 (huàn) on the right gives the sound. Picture opening your mouth to call out someone's name.
喚 (simplified 唤) rarely stands alone in modern speech. It usually appears in compounds like 呼唤 (hūhuàn, to call out), 唤醒 (huànxǐng, to wake someone), and 召唤 (zhàohuàn, to summon). Example: 妈妈在呼唤我。(Māma zài hūhuàn wǒ.) Mom is calling me.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 喚 (huàn, to call) with 換 (huàn, to exchange), which shares the same phonetic part but has the hand radical 扌 instead of 口. If it involves the voice, use 口. If it involves swapping something with your hands, use 扌.
Common words with 喚
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 呼喚 | hūhuàn | to call out (a name etc); to shout | HSK 7-9 |
| 使喚 | shǐhuan | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) | HSK 7-9 |
| 喚起 | huànqǐ | to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses) | HSK 7-9 |
| 呼風喚雨 | hūfēng-huànyǔ | to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up | HSK 7-9 |
| 召喚 | zhàohuàn | to summon; to beckon | |
| 喚醒 | huànxǐng | to wake sb; to rouse | |
| 傳喚 | chuánhuàn | a summons (to the police); subpoena | |
| 叫喚 | jiàohuan | to cry out; to bark out a sound |
Questions about 喚
How many strokes are in 喚?
喚 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 喚 mean?
喚 (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 喚?
喚 is pronounced huàn, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 喚?
The radical of 喚 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 喚 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 喚?
喚 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 唤, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 叫 and 喚 (唤)?
叫 (jiào) is the everyday word for calling or shouting and works on its own. 唤 is more literary and mostly appears in set compounds like 唤醒 or 呼唤. In casual speech, people usually say 叫.
Why is 使唤 pronounced shǐhuan with a neutral tone?
In some colloquial words, 唤 loses its fourth tone and is read lightly, as in 使唤 (shǐhuan) and 叫唤 (jiàohuan). In more formal words like 唤醒 (huànxǐng) and 召唤 (zhàohuàn), it keeps the full fourth tone.