吸 — suck, imbibe, inhale

すう吸 suck

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+5438 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1054 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #744 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

suck
imbibe
inhale
sip

word

す su Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

吸(す) う suu to suck 吸(す) い込(こ) む suikomu to inhale

きゅう kyuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

呼(こ) 吸(きゅう) kokyuu breathing 吸(きゅう) 収(しゅう) kyuushuu absorption

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

くち口 mouth #30

およぶ及 reach out

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth