喚 means “call out, summon”

かん · kan

Also: yell, cry, call, scream

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

わめく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A mouth (口) calling out with all its might: 喚 summons. 召喚 is a court summons or, in games, calling up a monster, 注意喚起 is the official phrase for issuing a warning, and 喚く is to yell.

Used in 喚起 (kanki, arousing/calling attention), 召喚 (shoukan, summons), and 喚く (wameku, to yell)

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