呼 (call, call out to, invite) - Kanji Codex

呼

call, call out to, invite

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

よ.ぶ

Nanori (名乗り)

よぶ

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:6

Strokes:8

JLPT:3

Frequency:498

Vocabulary

コ

Word	Reading	Meaning
呼応	コオウ	hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); sympathizing (with); agreement; concord
呼吸	コキュウ	breathing; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something); harmony; balance; synchronization; accord; short interval; short pause
呼吸器	コキュウキ	respiratory organs
呼称	コショウ	name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
人工呼吸	ジンコウコキュウ	artificial respiration

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
呼びかける	よびかける	to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort; to advise
呼び捨て	よびすて	addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
呼び出す	よびだす	to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to summon; to page; to invoke (e.g. a spirit); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
呼び水	よびみず	pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
呼ぶ	よぶ	to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife

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