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呼 = 口 + 平

呼 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “call”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 平 (even). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1597.

Keyword
call
RTK frame
1597
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よ.ぶ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
звонить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
呼 breathe sigh

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 平 even

How to find 呼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “even”. 呼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 呼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.