Memory phrase for the character: 吹

吹

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Meaning

blow, breathe out

Pronunciation

SUI
fuku

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])

Mnemonic
 
If out of the mouth a "nothing" (= a "lacking") is coming, then it is "blowing".

Radicals

口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
欠 deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 [when yawning] and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)




 Vocabulary

芽吹く めぶく  to bud
吹く ふく   to blow (wind, etc), to emit, to spout
吹奏 すいそう  playing wind instruments
吹雪 ふぶき  snow storm

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