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吹

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 974 / 2,608

Blow

On’yomi
—
Kun’yomi
ふ
Radical
口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)

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

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

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 blowN5
吹雪 ふぶき snow stormN2
吹奏 すいそう playing wind instrumentsN1

吹 is rank 974 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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