Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

498 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: call, call out to, invite

Kunyomi: よ.ぶ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くちへん

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

吸する(こきゅうする)   breathe

応する(こおうする)   respond, act in concert

ぶ(よぶ)   call out, invite

Onyomi Examples

コキュウ breathing, respiration, knack, trick, secret (of doing something), harmony, balance, synchronization, accord, short interval, short pause

コオウ hailing each other, acting in concert, responding (to), sympathizing (with), agreement, concord

レンコ calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name), pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

テンコ roll-call, muster

Kunyomi Examples

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, to take as one's wife

子鳥 よぶこどり calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)