Kanji
叫
N2
6 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1426
shout, exclaim, yell
On'yomi (音読み)
キョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
さけ.ぶ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
絶叫
ぜっきょう
scream; shriek
大絶叫
だいぜっきょう
loud scream; screaming at the top of one's lungs
阿鼻叫喚
あびきょうかん
agonizing cries; pandemonium
叫声
きょうせい
yell; shout
大叫喚地獄
だいきょうかんじごく
Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing
角叫鳥
つのさけびどり
horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
哀叫
あいきょう
crying loudly with sadness
叫号
きょうごう
crying aloud
叫喚
きょうかん
shout; scream
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
叫ぶ
さけぶ
to shout; to cry (out)
叫び
さけび
shout; cry
叫び声
さけびごえ
shout; yell
泣き叫ぶ
なきさけぶ
to cry and shout; to scream
叫びだす
さけびだす
to let out a cry; to break forth
絶叫マシン
ぜっきょうマシン
thrill ride (at an amusement park)
快哉を叫ぶ
かいさいをさけぶ
to shout with exultation; to shout for joy
改革を叫ぶ
かいかくをさけぶ
to cry loudly for a reform; to clamour for change
矢叫び
やさけび
yell made by archers when firing a volley of arrows; yell which opens a battle
雄叫び
おたけび
roar; cry (esp. of triumph)
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は彼女（かのじょ）に気付（きづけ）くと「バル！」と叫（さけ）んだ。
"Val!" he shouted when he recognized her.
彼（かれ）は大声（おおごえ）で叫（さけ）んだ。
He cried out.
彼（かれ）の声（こえ）はその叫（さけ）びでかき消（け）された。
His voice was drowned by the yells.
私（わたし）達（たち）は彼女（かのじょ）の叫（さけ）びに驚（おどろ）いた。
We were alarmed at her cry.