Nihongo

Kanji Detail of 吹

吹

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Basic Meaning

The kanji 吹 primarily represents the action of "blowing" or "to blow." It captures the idea of expelling air from the mouth or some other source, and the resulting effect. It implies a force or the movement of air, whether it's the act of exhaling, the wind, or the spreading of something through air.

Readings

・On-yomi (音読み): ・スイ (sui) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・ふ(く) (fuku)

Usage Examples

⚫︎風吹く (kaze fuku) Translation: The wind blows. ⚫︎息を吹く (iki o fuku) Translation: To breathe out; to exhale. ⚫︎吹雪 (fubuki) Translation: Blizzard; snowstorm.

Origin and Formation

The kanji 吹 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side is the radical 口 (kuchi), meaning "mouth," indicating the action involves the mouth. The right side is 欠 (kake) which functions as a phonetic component and originally meant "yawn". Combining these elements suggests an act of using the mouth to blow air.

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