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Call Invite Invoke E.G Mouth 呼 コ よ.ぶ

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi よ.ぶ
Nanori よぶ
English call, call out to, invite
Examples 呼びかける(よびかける): to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal
呼ぶ(よぶ): (1) to call out (to); to call; to invoke (2) to summon (a doctor, etc.) (3) to invite (4) to designate; to name; to brand (5) to garner (support, etc.); to gather (6) to take as one's wife
呼吸(こきゅう): (1) breath; respiration (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
呼び出す(よびだす): (1) to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure (2) to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call
呼び止める(よびとめる): to challenge; to call somebody to halt
嗚呼(ああ): (1) Ah!; Oh!; Alas! (2) Yes; Indeed; That is correct (3) Hey!; Yo! (4) Uh huh; Yeah yeah; Right; Gotcha
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 498
Components 口: mouth
乎: question mark; ?
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword call
Koohii Story 1 'Budd' - 'weis' - 'er' call the frogs mouths from the liliy pads, working to get you hooked on beer.
Koohii Story 2 I´m a lazy fisher, so I genetically engineered a lily pad with a fishing hook at the stem and a mouth to call me whenever it catches something.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade6, kanjifreq251-500

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