呼 — kanji meaning “call”
呼
call, call out to, invite
- Meanings
- call, call out to, invite
- On'yomi
- コ (ko)
- Kun'yomi
- よ.ぶ
- Name readings
- よぶ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #498 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- hū — Chinese character page
Words with 呼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呼ぶ | よぶ yobu | to call out (to); to call; to invoke |
| 呼吸 | こきゅう kokyuu | breathing; respiration |
| 呼びかけ | よびかけ yobikake | call; appeal |
| 呼び名 | よびな yobina | popular name; common name; given name |
| 呼び出す | よびだす yobidasu | to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone) |
| 呼び出し | よびだし yobidashi | call; summons; paging |
| 呼称 | こしょう koshou | name; designation; denomination |
| 呼び声 | よびごえ yobigoe | call; hail; yell |
| 呼び捨て | よびすて yobisute | addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite) |
| 呼応 | こおう koou | hailing each other |
| 呼ばわり | よばわり yobawari | calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing |
| 連呼 | れんこ renko | calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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