JōyōJLPT N3Kanken 5
呼

Meaning

Kanji 呼

call

call, call out to, invite

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
よ.ぶ
Onyomi 音読み
コ
Nanori 名乗り
よぶ

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 6
JLPT
JLPT N3
Frequency
#498
Strokes
8
Radical
口
Components
ノ • 亅 • 并 • 口
Kanji Kentei
Level 5
Similar Kanji
乎 • 虖 • 乯 • 垀 • 泘 • 苸 • 㭔

Related vocabulary

36 common entries

Showing 36 of 194 entries that include this kanji.

呼ぶ

よぶ

to invite

呼吸

こきゅう

breathing

呼び名

よびな

popular name

呼び出す

よびだす

to invoke (e.g. a subroutine)

呼び捨て

よびすて

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

呼び声

よびごえ

call

呼び戻す

よびもどす

to bring back (memories, etc.)

呼応

こおう

hailing each other

呼び出し

よびだし

box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

呼吸器

こきゅうき

respiratory organs

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

名前を呼ばれて、すぐに返事をした。

My name was called, and I answered right away.

駅で友だちを大声で呼んだ。

I called out to my friend loudly at the station.

困ったときは、店員を呼んでください。

If you need help, please call a store clerk.

彼は私を食事に呼んでくれた。

He invited me to a meal.

子どもたちに早く中へ入るように呼びかけた。

I called out to the children to come inside जल्दी.