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Mouth Suck Baby Reaching 吸 キュウ す.う Imbibe

Kanji
Onyomi キュウ
Kunyomi す.う
English suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
Examples 呼吸(こきゅう): (1) breath; respiration (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
吸収(きゅうしゅう): absorption; suction; attraction
吸う(すう): (1) to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale (2) to suck; to sip; to slurp (3) to absorb; to soak up (4) to kiss
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 1054
Components 口: mouth
及: reach out; exert; exercise; cause
Number of Strokes 6
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword suck
Koohii Story 1 Imagine a baby reaching out and holding mom´s breast as if it were bottle, and sucking on it to get some milk.
Koohii Story 2 An open mouth and reaching hands : a baby wants to suck at his mother´s breast.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500

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