The kanji 吸: meaning, readings and stroke order

吸

Meaning: breathe in, suck
On reading: キュウ kyuu
Kun reading: す（う） suu
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hít, hút (hấp)
Japanese: すう。
Korean: 들이마시다, 빨다 (흡)
Chinese: 吸、吸入

Readings, words and example sentences

キュウ kyuu · on reading

吸きゅう収しゅう
to soak up, to absorb
根が水を 吸きゅう収しゅうします。
The roots soak up water.

す（う） suu · kun reading

吸すう
to breathe in, to suck
深く息を 吸すいます。
I take a deep breath.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.