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Kanji Detail for 呼 - "call, breathe, summon"

  • Meaning

    呼 means "call, breathe, summon."

    1. Call - To summon; to name; to address.

    2. Breathe - To exhale; to respire.

    3. Exclaim - To cry out; to shout.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    call; call out to; invite

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Exhaling air outward. Opposite of 吸. Exhaling is 呼; inhaling is 吸. | To call. Such as 一呼百諾 (one call and a hundred respond), meaning many obey the command, a person of power and influence.
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  • Please call in a doctor.

  • We had better call the doctor.

  • The doctor called him back.

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