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Kanji Detail for 呼 - "to call, to name"

呼

  • Meaning

    呼 means "to call, to name." Also associated with to breathe.

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

    2. Breathe - To exhale; to respire.

    3. Exclaim - To cry out; to shout.

  • Words using 呼

    • 呼吸 こきゅう Listen breathing; respiration; knack
    • 呼びかけ よびかけ Listen call; appeal
    • 呼応 こおう Listen hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to)
    • 呼称 こしょう Listen name; designation; denomination
    • 呼吸器 こきゅうき Listen respiratory organs
    • 呼びかける よびかける Listen to call out to; to hail; to address
    • 人工呼吸 じんこうこきゅう Listen artificial respiration
    • 呼び名 よびな Listen popular name; common name; given name

  • Four-character idioms with 呼

    • 大声疾呼 たいせいしっこ Listen shout with a loud voice; fulminate; vociferate

  • Tattoo check: 呼

    • Verified meaning: to call, to name
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こ)
    • Also carries these associations: to breathe

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 呼

    Surnames 呼(こ)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yo.bu(よ-ぶ) よ-ぶ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    call breathe summon address appeal beckon cry designate exhale hail invite invoke shout

Sentences including 呼

  • Can you page someone for me?

  • She went on working till he called her.

  • She invited us to her birthday party.

  • Call an ambulance.

  • What's currently hot?

  • Please call in a doctor.

  • We had better call the doctor.

  • The doctor called him back.

  • They call him jim.

  • Everything that has meaning can be called language.

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