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Keyword
call
  • call out to
  • invite
Frequency
#498
Strokes
8
Grade
6
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1597
Readings
よ67%
コ33%
Mnemonic
You cup your mouth and send a question mark echoing over the valley, trying to call for a friend.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
呼よぶ
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
Godan verb
呼こ吸きゅう
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something); harmony; balance; synchronization; accord; short interval; …
Noun
呼よびかけ
call; appeal
Noun
呼こ吸きゅう器き
respiratory organs
Noun
呼よび出だし
call; summons; paging; curtain call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached
Noun
人じん工こう呼こ吸きゅう
artificial respiration
Noun
呼こ称しょう
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
Noun
嗚呼ああ嗚呼ああ
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
Interjection
呼こ応おう
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); sympathizing (with); agreement; concord
Noun
呼よび名な
popular name; common name; given name
Noun
呼よびかける
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort; to advise
Ichidan verb
呼よび出だす
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to summon; to page; to invoke (e.g. a spirit); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
Godan verb
呼よばわり
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
Suffix
連れん呼こ
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
Noun
お呼よび
call; invitation
Noun
呼よび
call; invitation
Noun
呼よび水みず
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
Noun
呼よび捨すて
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
Noun
呼よび声ごえ
call; hail; yell
Noun
呼よび込こむ
to call in; to invite; to bring in
Godan verb
呼よび寄よせる
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
Ichidan verb
点てん呼こ
roll-call; muster
Noun
呼よび込こみ
barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public; calling out to potential customers
Noun