Hanja Analyzer
吸

吸 — heup

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
마실 흡
Romanization
heup
English
inhale, suck in; absorb; attract
Mandarin
xī
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ
Japanese kun'yomi
す.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,054 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
口 (30, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+5438

Parts that make up 吸

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 及 미칠 급 앞사람에 닿은 손미침. ‘급’ 계열의 소리

How 吸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 吸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 及.

Korean example words with 吸

  • 흡식吸息 Korean gloss: 들이마시는 숨
  • 호흡하다呼吸 Korean gloss: 숨을 쉬다
  • 흡연하다吸煙 Korean gloss: 담배를 피우다
  • 흡입력吸入力 Korean gloss: 빨아들이는 힘
  • 재흡연再吸煙 Korean gloss: 담배를 다시 피움
  • 흡연가吸煙家 Korean gloss: 담배를 피우는 사람
  • 흡한성吸汗性 Korean gloss: 땀을 흡수하는 성질
  • 비흡연非吸煙 Korean gloss: 담배를 피우지 아니함
  • 흡습력吸濕力 Korean gloss: 습기를 빨아들이는 힘
  • 흡습포吸濕布 Korean gloss: 습기를 빨아들이는 천
  • 흡수력吸收力 Korean gloss: 빨아서 거두어들이는 힘
  • 흡수층吸收層 Korean gloss: 빨아서 거두어들이는 층

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 吸

  • 呼吸こきゅう breathing; respiration; knack
  • 吸収きゅうしゅう absorption; suction; attraction
  • 呼吸器こきゅうき respiratory organs
  • 吸い殻すいがら cigarette end; cigarette butt
  • 人工呼吸じんこうこきゅう artificial respiration
  • 吸い込むすいこむ to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up
  • 吸引きゅういん absorption; suction; aspiration
  • 吸うすう to breathe in; to inhale; to smoke (a cigarette, etc.)
  • 吸着きゅうちゃく adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment
  • 吸入きゅうにゅう inhalation
  • 吸い上げすいあげ suction; sucking
  • 吸い上げるすいあげる to suck up; to pump up; to draw up

Other hanja read “흡”

Other hanja with radical 口

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