唤

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to call

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 奂 sound ( huàn )

Components 口奂

call out · Heisig RSH #1324

口 mouth + Victorian lady

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
呼风唤雨	hū fēng huàn yǔ	to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up …
唤头	huàn tou	percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention
唤作	huàn zuò	to be called; to be known as
唤起	huàn qǐ	to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
传唤	chuán huàn	a summons (to the police); subpoena
招唤	zhāo huàn	to call; to summon
唤做	huàn zuò	to be called; to be referred to as
呼唤	hū huàn	to call out (a name etc); to shout
使唤	shǐ huan	to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [s…
叫唤	jiào huan	to cry out; to bark out a sound
唤醒	huàn xǐng	to wake sb; to rouse
召唤	zhào huàn	to summon; to beckon; to call

Characters sharing the sound component 奂 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
奂 sound part	huàn	numerous; brilliant
换	huàn	to change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
焕	huàn	shining, lustrous
涣	huàn	scattered; to scatter
痪	huàn	numbness, paralysis