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吸
JLPT N3 SL6 6 strokes Frequency: #1054

Meanings

Suck, Imbibe, Inhale, Sip

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿰口及

Etymology

Pictophonetic: mouth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-to-top
2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 corner top-to-bottom
6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚­γƒ₯ウ kyuu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
す su

Words Using This Kanji

151 words total
Other (20 words)
吸って吐く すってはく

to breathe in and breathe out

吸汗性 きゅうかんせい

sweat absorbency

吸汗 きゅうかん

absorbing sweat

εΈη€ιŸ³ γγ‚…γ†γ‘γ‚ƒγγŠγ‚“

click consonant

ε‘ΌεΈγŒεˆγ† γ“γγ‚…γ†γŒγ‚γ†

to get along

θ„‚θ‚ͺ吸引法 しぼうきゅういんほう

liposuction

呼吸点 こきゅうてん

liberty (of a stone)

吸煙 γγ‚…γ†γˆγ‚“

smoking

吸収線 きゅうしゅうせん

absorption line

εΈη€εŽŸε­ きゅうけゃくげんし

adatom

呼吸器学 γ“γγ‚…γ†γγŒγ

pulmonology

吸いε…₯γ‚Œγ‚‹ γ™γ„γ„γ‚Œγ‚‹

to suck in

δΊŒι…ΈεŒ–η‚­η΄ εΈεŽζΊ γ«γ•γ‚“γ‹γŸγ‚“γγγ‚…γ†γ—γ‚…γ†γ’γ‚“

carbon sink

ε‘ΌεΈεœζ­’ こきゅうていし

cessation of breathing

δΈ€ε‘ΌεΈγŠγ„γ¦ γ²γ¨γ“γγ‚…γ†γŠγ„γ¦

after a short pause

εΈεΌ•ζ€§θ‚Ίη‚Ž γγ‚…γ†γ„γ‚“γ›γ„γ―γ„γˆγ‚“

aspiration pneumonia

ε‘ΌεΈε™¨ζ„ŸζŸ“ こきゅうきかんせん

respiratory tract infection

口呼吸 くけこきゅう

oral respiration

δΈŠζ±γ‚’εΈγ† うわしるをすう

to take a piece of the action

中東呼吸器症候羀 けゅうとうこきゅうきしょうこうぐん

Middle East respiratory syndrome