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吸 — 6 strokes / Radical「口」

道
5Elementary year 6 / 6 strokes / Radical「口」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
す(う)su(u)
Meaning
to suck; inhale; absorb

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

口 "mouth" plus 及 "to reach"; drawing something in through the mouth — hence "to suck, inhale."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū吸収きゅうしゅう吸入きゅうにゅう呼吸こきゅう
Kunすうsū吸うすう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 吸収きゅうしゅう

    absorption

  • 吸入きゅうにゅう

    inhalation

More words with this kanji

  • 呼吸こきゅう
  • 阿吽の呼吸あうんのこきゅう
  • 鰓呼吸えらこきゅう
  • 吸盤きゅうばん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

ストローでジュースを吸(す)った。

I drank the juice through a straw.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

吸入吸収吸入enter収to tak…后empres…否no呼to cal…善good口mouth九nine及reach久long…弓bow仇foe
CompoundRadicalReading

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