Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke
Kun:
ふ.く
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1133 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吹奏楽 【スイソウガク】 wind music, wind instrument music
  • 推挙 【スイキョ】 recommendation (of a person for a position), nomination
  • 鼓吹 【コスイ】 rousing (courage, morale, etc.), encouragement, advocacy, promotion (of a belief), encouragement, inspiring (someone with an idea)

Kun reading compounds

  • 吹く 【ふく】 to blow (of the wind), to blow (one's breath), to breathe out, to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.), to puff, to play (a wind instrument), to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.), to whistle (a tune), to emit (smoke, fire, etc.), to spout, to spew, to puff out, to sprout, to put forth (buds), to appear (on the surface), to form, to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.), to burst out laughing, to burst into laughter, to brag, to talk big, to smelt, to mint

Readings

Japanese names:
ふき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chui1, chui4
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

  • soplar
  • exhalar
  • respirar

Portuguese

  • sopro
  • respirar
  • emitir
  • fumaça

French

  • souffler
  • respirer
  • bouffées (fumée)
  • émettre
  • fumer
1452 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
973 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
901 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1095 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
407 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
370 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1326 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
300 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
272 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
204 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
478 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3373 Morohashi
231 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747 New Nelson (John Haig)
467 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
506 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1106 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3762 2001 Kanji
3d4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
6708.2 Four corner code
1-31-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5439 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
791 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 倒産 【トウサン】 (corporate) bankruptcy, insolvency, commercial failure, failed business
  • 倒閣 【トウカク】 overthrow of government
  • 傾倒 【ケイトウ】 devoting oneself to, concentrating on, being an ardent admirer of, having great esteem for, tipping over and collapsing
  • 風倒 【フウトウ】 falling due to a strong wind, being toppled by the wind

Kun reading compounds

  • 倒れる 【たおれる】 to fall (over, down), to collapse, to take a fall, to topple, to be destroyed (in a collapse), to collapse, to cave in, to crumble, to give away, to be confined to bed (with an illness), to come down with, to break down (e.g. from overwork), to die, to be killed, to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.), to fail, to collapse, to go under, to be defeated (in a game), to lose, to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.), to be overthrown
  • 倒す 【たおす】 to throw down, to bring down, to blow down, to fell, to knock down, to set (something) down on its side, to turn (something) on its side, to recline (e.g. a seat), to kill, to defeat, to beat, to overthrow, to trip up, to ruin, to leave unpaid, to cheat
  • 逆さま 【さかさま】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round
  • 逆様事 【さかさまごと】 child dying before parents, occurrence out of sequence, wrong order
  • 逆さま 【さかさま】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front, wrong way round
  • 逆さ 【さかさ】 inverted, upside down, reversed, back to front
  • 逆しま 【さかしま】 reverse, inversion, upside down, unreasonable, absurd, wrong

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3, dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • caida
  • derribo
  • derrocar
  • hacer caer
  • derribar
  • caer
  • caerse

Portuguese

  • Queda de regime
  • queda
  • colapso
  • gota
  • deposição

French

  • renverser
  • tomber
  • s'écrouler
  • dégringoler
  • s'effondrer
1643 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
487 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
324 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
905 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
927 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
109 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
93 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
989 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
767 Morohashi
124 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
256 New Nelson (John Haig)
980 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1055 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1303 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2143 2001 Kanji
2a8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2220.0 Four corner code
1-37-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5012 Unicode hex code