呼 – Kanji details

Keyword

call

Info

Frequency	Top 100-200
Type	Kyōiku (6th grade) ?
Kanken	Level 5
Heisig	1597
Readings	よ (84%) こ (14%)
	あーよび

Composed of

口

mouth

乎

question mark

Mnemonic components

口

mouth

平

flat

Mnemonic

A mouth that is calling the kanji for flat. The top and the bottom stroke of 平 are slightly bent signifying that it's being attracted by the mouth.

Used in vocabulary (289 in total)

呼よぶ

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

呼こ吸きゅう

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

呼よび出だす

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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Examples (200 in total)

でも、好すきに呼よんでくれていいわ。

But you can call me whatever you like.

名な前まえを呼よんでも、答こたえてくれる人ひとはいない。

Even if I call out a name, there is no one who answers.

こんな時ときに僕ぼくの名な前まえを呼よんでくれるなんて幸しあわせだな。

It makes me happy that you call my name at a time like this.

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