huàn
verb #17,336

Meanings

  1. 1 to call
  2. 2 to summon

Examples

Tā dàshēng hūhuàn háizi de míngzì.
She loudly called out the child's name.
Chūntiān huànxǐng le chénshuì de dàdì.
Spring awakened the sleeping earth.

Tips

usage
is a bound form, rarely used alone in modern Chinese. Common compounds: 呼唤 (to call out), 唤醒 (to awaken), 召唤 (to summon), 传唤 (to subpoena).

Components

radical
kǒu
mouth
Mouth radical on the left, the indexing component. Any character built with on the left side usually involves speaking, calling, or noises from the mouth — see , , , . For 'to call, to summon', the mouth contribution is direct.
phonetic
huàn
splendid; abundant
Right side huàn provides the sound exactly — same syllable, same tone. The same phonetic appears in to exchange, to disperse, and brilliant. Recognising this family helps lock in the huàn reading.

Stroke Order

huàn