Explore 叫 through shouts for help, names and cries of joy. Learn its reading with a whole word.

The idea

叫 has five strokes. 叫ぶ（さけぶ） is a godan verb: its polite past is 叫びました, and its negative stem appears in 叫ばない. 叫び（さけび） is a noun meaning a shout.

Examples

  • 子供こどもが助たすけを求もとめて叫さけびました。The child shouted for help.
  • 彼女かのじょは彼かれの名前なまえを叫さけびました。She shouted his name.
  • 図書館としょかんでは叫さけばないでください。Please do not shout in the library.
  • 外そとから叫さけび声ごえが聞きこえました。A shout came from outside.
  • 群衆ぐんしゅうは喜よろこんで叫さけびました。The crowd shouted with joy.
  • 悲鳴ひめいを聞きいて、振ふり返かえりました。Hearing a scream, I looked back.

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Watch out

叫ぶ describes shouting, whatever the emotion; 悲鳴 specifically suggests a scream, often from fear or pain. The particle を can mark the words or name shouted.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the reading of 叫ぶ in hiragana.

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    さけぶ

    叫ぶ is さけぶ: retain the final ぶ when writing the whole dictionary form.

  2. Write the past polite form of 叫ぶ.

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    叫びました

    叫びました is the polite past: change ぶ to び and add ました.

  3. Choose the missing kanji: ＿び声（さけびごえ）［叫／鳴］.

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    叫

    叫 makes 叫び声（さけびごえ）, the sound of a shout.

Use it today

Write 叫, read 叫ぶ and 叫び声 aloud, then make a sentence about a shout.