Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
call, call out to, invite
Kun:
よ.ぶ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
498 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 呼吸 【コキュウ】 breathing, respiration, knack, trick, secret (of doing something), harmony, balance, synchronization, accord, short interval, short pause
  • 呼応 【コオウ】 hailing each other, acting in concert, responding (to), sympathizing (with), agreement, concord
  • 連呼 【レンコ】 calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name), pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
  • 点呼 【テンコ】 roll-call, muster

Kun reading compounds

  • 呼ぶ 【よぶ】 to call out (to), to call, to invoke, to summon (a doctor, etc.), to invite, to designate, to name, to brand, to garner (support, etc.), to gather, to take as one's wife
  • 呼子鳥 【よぶこどり】 calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)

Readings

Japanese names:
よぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu1
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • llamar
  • aspirar

Portuguese

  • chamada
  • chamar para
  • convidar

French

  • appeler
  • inviter
867 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
856 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
640 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
914 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1000 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
410 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
571 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1325 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
197 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
301 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
324 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
205 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
246 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1497 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3471 Morohashi
273 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 New Nelson (John Haig)
1485 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1597 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
862 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3747 2001 Kanji
3d5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
6204.9 Four corner code
1-24-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
547c Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore
Kun:
した.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慕情 【ボジョウ】 longing, yearning
  • 思慕 【シボ】 yearning, longing for, deep affection
  • 哀慕 【アイボ】 cherish the memory of, yearn for

Kun reading compounds

  • 慕う 【したう】 to yearn for, to long for, to pine for, to miss, to love dearly, to adore, to follow (someone), to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • añoranza
  • deseo
  • anhelo
  • añorar
  • desear
  • anhelar

Portuguese

  • Consumir-se
  • sentir saudades
  • amar
  • adorar

French

  • désir ardent
  • languir
  • aimer
  • adorer
1788 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1895 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4040 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1382 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1313 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1431 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1520 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1668 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
835 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2970 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1521 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2069 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
640 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11088X Morohashi
2353 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1948 New Nelson (John Haig)
633 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
683 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1703 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1940 2001 Kanji
3k11.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
4433.3 Four corner code
1-42-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6155 Unicode hex code