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呼
JLPT N3 SL6 8 strokes Frequency: #498

Meanings

Call, Call Out To, Invite

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿰口乎

Etymology

Pictophonetic: mouth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-to-top
2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 diagonal right-to-left
5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
6 diagonal right-to-left
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 unknown right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
コ ko
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
よ yo

Words Using This Kanji

180 words total
Other (20 words)
腹式呼吸 ふくしきこきゅう

diaphragmatic breathing

皮膚呼吸 ひふこきゅう

cutaneous respiration

連呼 れんこ

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name)

大呼 たいこ

loud cry

疾呼 しっこ

shout

呼び出し電話 よびだしでんわ

telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

呼び売り よびうり

peddling

呼吸中枢 こきゅうちゅうすう

respiratory center

呼び屋 よびや

promoter

呼び出し状 よびだしじょう

(writ of) summons

呼吸運動 こきゅううんどう

respiratory movement

呼び込み よびこみ

barker

呼び物 よびもの

main attraction

呼び子 よびこ

whistle

呼吸困難 こきゅうこんなん

labored breathing

呼び値 よびね

nominal price

呼び集める よびあつめる

to call together

呼び交わす よびかわす

to call each other's names

呼び上げる よびあげる

to call out

呼びかける よびかける

to call out to