Japanese symbol for “blowing”
吹き
ふき
Romaji: fuki
blowing (e.g. of the wind)
In Japanese, blowing is 吹き, read ふき (fuki).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n blowing (e.g. of the wind)
- n, n-suf playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet)
- n (pair of) bellows
- n casting; founding; melting
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “blowing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潮吹き | しおふき shiofuki | spouting (of a whale); blowing (water and air) |
| 吹鳴 | すいめい suimei | blowing (a whistle) |
| 飄々 | ひょうひょう hyouhyou | whistling (wind); blowing; howling |
| ブロー | ブロー buroo | blowing (i.e. playing a wind instrument, esp. in jazz) |
| 吹奏 | すいそう suisou | playing (a wind instrument); blowing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吹雪 | ふぶき fubuki | snow storm; blizzard |
| 吹奏楽 | すいそうがく suisougaku | wind music; wind instrument music |
| 吹き出す | ふきだす fukidasu | to spout out; to spurt out; to gush out |
| 吹き飛ぶ | ふきとぶ fukitobu | to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away |
| 吹き替え | ふきかえ fukikae | dubbing (of a film, etc. into a different language) |
| 吹き込む | ふきこむ fukikomu | to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.