吹 — blow, breathe, puff

ふく吹 blow

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+5439 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1133 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #506 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

blow
breathe
puff
emit
smoke

word

ふ fu 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).

吹(ふ) く fuku to blow 吹(ふ) き込(こ) む fukikomu to blow into

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

吹(すい) 奏(そう) 楽(がく) suisougaku wind instrument music

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

くち口 mouth #30

けつ欠 lack #76

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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