Onyomi: スイ · Kunyomi: ふ.く · Meanings: blow, breathe, emit, puff, smoke
Kanji for blow, breathe, emit, puff, smoke
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The kanji 吹 is made from 口 (mouth) and 欠 (lack, opening). The left part, 口, shows that it involves the mouth. The right part, 欠, shows an open space or gap. Together, it creates the image of air coming out of the mouth — blowing wind, breath, or air. Over time, it came to mean “to blow” in general, like the wind blowing or blowing on something to cool it.
Made from 口(mouth) and 欠(opening). It shows air coming from the mouth — meaning to blow.
This kanji says: air flows from the mouth (口) through the opening (欠) — 吹 means to blow or exhale.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 吹っ | ふっ | indicates that the action is done forcefully | Prefix |
| 吹く | ふく | to blow (of the wind) | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 吹雪 | ふぶき | snow storm, blizzard | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 吹き溜まり | ふきだまり | drift (of snow, leaves, etc.) | common Noun |
| 吹奏楽 | すいそうがく | wind music, wind instrument music | Noun |
| 吹き出す | ふきだす | to spout out, to spurt out, to gush out, to jet out | common Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 吹き込む | ふきこむ | to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.) | common Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 吹き出物 | ふきでもの | (skin) eruption, rash, pimple, spot, acne, boil | common Noun |
| 吹き飛ばす | ふきとばす | to blow away, to blow off, to blow up | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 吹かす | ふかす | to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.), to puff on, to puff out (smoke) | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |