呼 – call, call out to, invite

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The kanji 呼 means call, call out to, invite. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ (ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ.ぶ (yobu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	よ.ぶ	yobu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: ノ・口・并・亅.

Words using 呼

呼ぶよぶto call out (to)呼吸こきゅうbreathing呼び出すよびだすto call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.)呼び掛けるよびかけるto call out to呼び止めるよびとめるto (call and) stop

Example sentences

あなたが呼べば、彼は来るでしょう。

He will come if you call him.

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「本当に警察を呼びたいのか」と僕は彼女に尋ねた。

"Are you sure you want to call the police?" I asked her.

Tatoeba #236148

パーティーに呼んでもらいましたが今回は行けません。

You invited me to your party, but I can't make it this time.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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