Today’s #kanji is 吹, which is listed under the radical of #くちへん（口）. 吹 is a compound ideograph made of 口 (mouth) and 欠 (yawning).
Meaning: to blow
Reading: スイ、ふ（ぶ）
吹奏（スイソウ）楽団（ガクダン）: a brass band, a military band
鼓吹（コスイ）する: to rouse (a person’s courage), to inspire, to promote (a belief)
吹（ふ）き上（あ）げる: to blow upwards, to blow (something) into the air
吹（ふ）く: to blow, to breath (out), to play (a wind instrument), to smelt, etc.
吹（ふ）き替（か）え: (voice) dubbing, a substitute actor, a dummy
吹（ふ）き出（で）物（もの）: a rash, a skin eruption
吹（ふ）っ飛（と）ぶ: to race at high speed, to blow off, to be blown off, to disappear
霧（きり）吹（ふ）き: spraying, a spray, a sprayer
Customary Reading
吹雪（ふぶき）: a snowstorm, a blizzard
息吹（いぶ）き: breath, a feeling, a sense, an indication, etc.
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