Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 口 (くち) – mouth

Henshall Mnemonic: odd hand by mouth stops breathing or calling

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #498 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 呼ぶ   [よぶ]
  (v5b) to call out; to invite   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 呼吸   [こきゅう]
  (n,vs) (1) breath; respiration; (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 呼び掛ける   [よびかける]
  (v1) to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び出す   [よびだす]
  (v5s) to summon; to call (e.g. phone)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 点呼   [てんこ]
  (n) roll-call; muster   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 人工呼吸   [じんこうこきゅう]
  artificial respiration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼びかけ   [よびかけ]
  (n) call; appeal   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び掛け   [よびかけ]
  (n) call   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び捨て   [よびすて]
  (n) addressing someone by last name only; without affixing "san"   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び出し   [よびだし]
  (n,vs) call   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び水   [よびみず]
  (n) pump-priming; rousing; stimulation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び声   [よびごえ]
  (n) call; hail; yell   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び名   [よびな]
  (n) given name; popular name   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び戻す   [よびもどす]
  (v5s) to call back; to call home   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼応   [こおう]
  (n,vs) hailing each other; acting in concert   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼吸器   [こきゅうき]
  (n) respiratory organs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼称   [こしょう]
  (n,vs) calling out; call by name   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 呼 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.