Today’s #kanji is #呼, which is made of its semantic element of #くち(口) and phonetic element of 乎. 乎 apparently has the meaning of “to exhale.” So, what does 呼 mean then?
Meaning: to exhale, to call Reading: コ、よ
呼応(コオウ)する: [vi] to act in unison with…, to be in sympathy with… 呼気(コキ): [noun] exhaled air, exhalation (⇔吸気(キュウキ)) 呼吸(コキュウ): [noun] breathing, respiration, a breath 呼称(コショウ): [noun] naming, a name, a designation 点呼(テンコ): [noun] roll call, roll-calling 連呼(レンコ): [noun] repeated calls, repeated calling
呼(よ)ぶ: [vt] to call, to call out; to send for …, to summon 呼(よ)び名(な): [noun] a given name, a popular name, an alias 呼(よ)び子(こ): [noun] a whistle 呼(よ)び物(もの): [noun] an attraction, a (special) feature, a catch
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10 October, 2023
Today's #kanji is 向, which is listed under the radical of #くち(口). 向 is a compound ideo...
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