呼 : Call

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Components:

口乎

call, call out to, invite

On 'yomi:

コ(ko)

Kun 'yomi:

よ.ぶ(yo.bu)

Nanori:

よぶ(yobu)

Strokes:	8
Radical:	口 (30)
Usage Rating:	498

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	6

Unicode:	0547c
jis208:	24-38

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呼 Usage examples

呼び子(よびこ) 呼子(よびこ)	whistle
呼び出し状(よびだしじょう)	summons
呼び出し電話(よびだしでんわ) 呼出し電話(よびだしでんわ) 呼出電話(よびだしでんわ)	telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached
呼び込み(よびこみ) 呼込み(よびこみ)	calling out to potential customers, tout, hawker, someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public
呼吸中枢(こきゅうちゅうすう)	respiratory center, respiratory centre
呼吸困難(こきゅうこんなん)	labored breathing, laboured breathing, dyspnea, dyspnoea
呼吸運動(こきゅううんどう)	respiratory movement
呼び売り(よびうり)	peddling
呼び物(よびもの)	special attraction
呼び屋(よびや)	promoter
呼び値(よびね) 呼値(よびね)	nominal price
呼び上げる(よびあげる)	to call out
呼び集める(よびあつめる)	to call together, to convene
呼び慣れる(よびなれる) 呼慣れる(よびなれる)	to be used to calling (someone by a certain name)
指呼の間(しこのかん)	hailing distance
医者を呼ぶ(いしゃをよぶ)	to call the doctor
呼応して(こおうして)	in response, in concert
嵩呼(すうこ)	shouting "Long live the Emperor"
呼び塩(よびじお)	desalting (drawing salt) from salted food, salt used for desalting
重症急性呼吸器症候群(じゅうしょうきゅうせいこきゅうきしょうこうぐん)	severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS
呼び水式経済政策(よびみずしきけいざいせいさく)	pump priming
呼吸器疾患(こきゅうきしっかん)	respiratory illness
呼吸不全(こきゅうふぜん)	respiratory failure
人工呼吸器(じんこうこきゅうき)	artificial respirator, ventilator
呼びにやる(よびにやる) 呼びに遣る(よびにやる)	to send for (doctor, etc.)
副立呼び出し(ふくたてよびだし)	second highest usher
立呼び出し(たてよびだし)	highest ranked usher
呼吸を合わせる(こきゅうをあわせる)	to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
呼び方(よびかた)	way of calling
大声疾呼(たいせいしっこ)	shout with a loud voice, fulminate, vociferate
類は友を呼ぶ(るいはともをよぶ)	birds of a feather flock together
等呼(とうこ)	denghu (phonetic method of classifying Chinese finals)
呼び声が高い(よびごえがたかい)	being widely talked about as a prominent prospect (for)
睡眠時無呼吸症候群(すいみんじむこきゅうしょうこうぐん)	sleep apnea syndrome, SAS
呼吸筋(こきゅうきん)	respiratory muscles
外呼吸(がいこきゅう)	external respiration
内呼吸(ないこきゅう)	internal respiration
肺呼吸(はいこきゅう)	pulmonary respiration
鰓呼吸(えらこきゅう) えら呼吸(えらこきゅう)	branchial respiration (breathing using gills)
呼吸機能(こきゅうきのう)	respiratory function
呼び戻し(よびもどし) 呼戻し(よびもどし)	pulling body slam