The kanji 吹: meaning, readings and stroke order

吹

Meaning: blow
On reading: スイ sui
Kun reading: ふ（く） fuku
Strokes: 7
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thổi (xuy)
Japanese: ふく。いきやかぜをおくる。
Korean: 불다 (취)
Chinese: 吹

Readings, words and example sentences

スイ sui · on reading · less common

吹すい奏そう
playing wind instruments
吹すい奏そう楽部に入りました。
I joined the school band.

ふ（く） fuku · kun reading

吹ふく
to blow
つめたい風が 吹ふいて います。
A cold wind is blowing.

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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.