喊
hǎn · HSK 2
yell
📢 口 (mouth) + 咸 (salty/all) — mouth shouts so all hear
喊 = 口 mouth radical + 咸 (xián, salty/all together). The mouth radical signals speech, and 咸 hints at the sound hǎn. Meaning: to shout or yell loudly enough for everyone to hear.
喊 — mouth 口 + 咸 (xián, phonetic)
喊 is a phono-semantic compound. The mouth radical 口 signals it relates to speaking or vocalizing, while 咸 supplies the sound (originally xián, later shifted to hǎn). Together they form the verb meaning 'to shout' or 'to call out'.