# 吹 — Blow

Frequency rank 974 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 雄 (Male), less common than 微 (Delicate).

- On’yomi: —
- Kun’yomi: ふ
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

A mouth on the left and lack on the right — your mouth lacks air and you blow it out in a gust, exhaling forcefully.

In words:

- 吹く ふく — to blow
- 吹雪 ふぶき — snow storm
- 吹奏 すいそう — playing wind instruments

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