漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
呼: call, call out to
Also: invite
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 口mouth(meaning)
- 乎(sound)
口 carries the meaning · 乎 gives the sound
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
コko · on'yomi · in compounds
- 呼吸するこきゅうするbreathe
- 呼応するこおうするrespond, act in concert
- 呼吸こきゅう
- 呼応こおう
- 呼称こしょうname; designation; denomination
- 呼吸器こきゅうきrespiratory organs
よぶyobu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 呼ぶよぶcall out, invite
- 呼び水よびみずpump-priming; rousing; stimulation
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)口 mouth (meaning) + 乎 (sound)
To exhale, call, or shout from the mouth.
Source: Wiktionary, 呼 (rev. 92487999), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Mouth (口) + hand/extend (乎). Imagine someone using their "mouth" to extend their voice across a distance—the literal action of calling out to someone.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hū
Same form: 呼 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 呼 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 呼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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