Kanji
N3 6 strokes Grade 6 freq #1054

suck, imbibe, inhale, sip

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mouth kuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

breathing; respiration
absorption; suction
respiratory organs
artificial respiration
absorption; suction
adsorption
inhalation
vampire; bloodsucker
oxygen inhalation
inhalation (of air); inhaled air

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

cigarette end; cigarette butt
to inhale; to breathe in
to breathe in; to inhale
to suck up; to pump up
suction; sucking
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
to suck up; to absorb

Example sentences

Merely to breathe does not mean to live.

However, they can help him breathe with a machine.

Many doctors are using some form of absorbable sutures.

Rugs absorb sound.