How to Write 喊 (hǎn) — Meaning “to shout / to call out”

Imagine your mouth (口) is wide open because you are shouting, and you see a salty (咸) taste in the air. The salty taste reminds you of the sound 'hǎn', which sounds like 'han' as in 'halo' shouted loudly.

The left component 口 should be small and placed high, while the right part 咸 has nine strokes consisting of a horizontal line, a 'salt' shape with a slanted stroke, and a final dot. A common mistake is making the 口 too big or forgetting the final dot inside 咸.

喊 (hǎn) means 'to shout' and uses the mouth radical 口, while 㕡 (hè or huò, rare) often refers to a valley or a cave and has a different meaning—it is not used in daily language. 哥 (gē) means 'older brother' and has two 可 components stacked, unlike 喊's left-right structure with 咸.

喊 is commonly used for calling someone loudly or shouting, like 喊人 (hǎn rén, to call someone) or 大喊 (dà hǎn, to yell). It is less formal than 'speak' and appears in everyday situations, such as shouting a name across a room or cheering at events.

Common words containing 喊 include: 大喊 (dà hǎn) — To shout / to yell; 喊人 (hǎn rén) — to call someone; 喊叫 (hǎn jiào) — to shout / to scream.