唤 huàn to call
怎么记住“唤”: 口 mouth + 奂 numerous = to call. Hands round her mouth, Mum steps into the garden, where her numerous kids are hiding, and tries to call them in for dinner.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
唤 = 口 mouth + 奂 numerous
- 口 mouth meaning
- 奂 numerous sound
Hands round her mouth, Mum steps into the garden, where her numerous kids are hiding, and tries to call them in for dinner.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- To call out to / summon: 呼唤 (hūhuàn) to call out, 唤醒 (huànxǐng) to wake someone / awaken (awareness), 召唤 (zhàohuàn) to summon.
- 唤起 (huànqǐ) = to evoke/arouse (memories, feelings): 唤起回忆 to stir up memories.
- More literary than 叫 (jiào); 唤 often carries a rousing, evocative flavor (waking, calling forth).