喚 exclaim

口 (mouth/small box radical) + (fishhook) + 四 (the numeral 4) + 大 (big)

Onyomi

KAN

Mnemonic

When Genghis KHAN puts four big fish-hooks in your mouth, you'll exclaim too.

Kunyomi

( が ) わめ*く

(almost always hiragana) - yell in an angry way, but you're still using words. KANA ★☆☆☆☆

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
換	exchange	HANDS	手
喚	exclaim	MOUTH	口

You exchange stuff with your HANDS,

but you exclaim with your MOUTH.

Synonyms

yell 悲鳴をあげる    を絶叫する    と喚く    と ほえる