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吹

吹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スイJHS
Kun (native)
  • ふ(く)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ふき
Other languages
  • 拼音chui1
  • 拼音chui4
  • 한글chwi
  • Hán-ViệtXuy
  • Hán-ViệtXúy

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5439

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口欠

Words using this kanji

  • 吹雪ふぶきふぶき。snow storm, blizzard
  • 吹き出すふきだすto spout out, to spurt out, to gush out, to jet out
  • 吹き飛ぶふきとぶ「ふきとぶ」の漢字表記。to be blown off, to blow off, to blow away, to vanish
  • 吹き込むふきこむto blow in (of wind, rain, etc.), to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon), to breathe (new life) into, to inspire (someone) with
  • 吹くふく「ふく」を参照。to blow (of the wind), to blow (one's breath), to breathe out, to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.)
  • 吹き出物ふきでもの(skin) eruption, rash, pimple, spot
  • 吹き溜まりふきだまりdrift (of snow, leaves, etc.), hangout for social dropouts
  • 吹かすふかすto smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.), to puff on, to puff out (smoke), to rev (an engine)
  • 吹き飛ばすふきとばすto blow away, to blow off, to blow up, to dispel
  • 吹奏楽すいそうがく西洋の木管楽器・金管楽器を主体とし、打楽器やその他を加えた十数人から100人程度の編成で演奏される音楽。wind music, wind instrument music
  • 吹き替えふきかえdubbing (of a film, etc. into a different language), stand-in (actor), double, recasting
  • 吹っ切れるふっきれるto be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.), to disappear, to be put behind one, to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
  • 吹っ飛ぶふっとぶto be blown off, to be blown away, to go flying, to disappear
  • 吹き荒れるふきあれるto blow violently, to sweep over, to devastate
  • 吹き付けふきつけspraying
  • 吹き付けるふきつけるto blow against, to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
  • 吹き返すふきかえすto blow in the opposite direction, to revive
  • 吹奏すいそう管楽器など息を吹き込む楽器を演奏すること。playing (a wind instrument), blowing
  • 吹聴ふいちょう多くの人々に言うこと。言い触らすこと。触れ回ること。言い広めること。spreading around (news, rumor, etc.), making widely known, making public, publicizing
  • 吹鳴すいめい吹き鳴らすこと。 高く鳴らすこと。blowing (a whistle)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
6708.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d4.3
Heisig
506
Nelson
901