Nihongo

Kanji Detail of 吹

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Basic Meaning

The kanji 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

⚫︎く (kaze fuku) Translation: The wind blows. ⚫︎息をく (iki o fuku) Translation: To breathe out; to exhale. ⚫︎雪 (fubuki) Translation: Blizzard; snowstorm.

Origin and Formation

The kanji 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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