entries → 叫
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
character · TOCFL 1
叫 =
ㄐㄧㄠˋ · jiào
verb — to call, cry out; to be called

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a mouth
jiū — gives the soundtwo cords twisting together
FTjiū → jiào
A mouth (口) calling out; 丩 jiū gives the sound, worn to jiào. From the shout to the name — what you are called is what gets called out: 我叫⋯、叫做.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

有人喊()他的名字,連喊三聲。
Someone at the mouth of the lane calls (口) his name — three times running.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)叫、大叫— to cry out常用
叫做— to be called — names
叫車、叫菜— to call for — ordering
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension