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呼 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
コこ · ko
Kun
よ(ぶ)yo(bu)
Meaning
to call; call out; breathe out

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

口 "mouth" plus 乎 "a drawn-out cry"; raising the voice to call someone — hence "to call."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコこko呼吸こきゅう呼応こおう点呼てんこ
Kunよぶyobu呼ぶよぶ呼び声よびごえ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 呼吸こきゅう

    breathing

  • 点呼てんこ

    roll call

More words with this kanji

  • 呼び鈴よびりん
  • 阿吽の呼吸あうんのこきゅう
  • 嗚呼ああ
  • 鰓呼吸えらこきゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

名前(なまえ)を呼(よ)ばれて手(て)をあげた。

My name was called and I raised my hand.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

呼吸点呼呼吸to suc…点dot后empres…否no善good口mouth史histor…己onesel…戸door去leave乎questi…古old
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Compound

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