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Kanji Detail for 吹 - "blow, wind, breath"

  • Meaning

    吹 means "blow, wind, breath."

    1. To blow - To exhale with pursed lips.

    2. To play - To sound a musical instrument by blowing.

    3. Wind blows - The movement of air.

    4. Wind instrument - An instrument played by blowing.

    5. To smelt - To melt and work metal by blowing.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    blow; breathe; puff; emit; smoke

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    blow; puff; brag, boast

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to blow, to puff; to brag, to boast

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

    To blow. Blowing air to fan something. Such as 吹簫 (play the xiao), 吹笛 (play the flute). | Colloquially, speaking well of someone is called 吹噓, meaning like the wind blowing on all things and making them flourish. | 鼓吹, 鐃吹, 橫吹: All names of ancient music pieces.
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  • It's blowing hard.

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  • The wind blew hard.

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  • The wind still blows hard.

  • The rain was driving in our faces.

  • When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.

  • At last he came to.

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