# 吸 — Suck

Frequency rank 734 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 属 (Belong), less common than 伊 (Italy).

- On’yomi: きゅう
- Kun’yomi: す
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A mouth on the left inhales from an escalator on the right — your mouth opens wide at the bottom of an escalator and sucks in all the air rising from below.

In words:

- 吸う すう — to smoke,to suck
- 吸収 きゅうしゅう — absorption,suction,attraction
- 呼吸 こきゅう — breath,respiration

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