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吸

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 734 / 2,608

Suck

On’yomi
きゅう
Kun’yomi
す
Radical
口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)

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

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

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 suckN5
吸収 きゅうしゅう absorption,suction,attractionN3
呼吸 こきゅう breath,respirationN3

吸 is rank 734 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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