Kanji Details:
- 吸
- Frequency:1054
- Kun: す.う
- On: キュウ
- Meaning: suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 呼吸 こきゅう breath, respiration; knack, trick, secret (of doing something) 吸収 きゅうしゅう absorption, suction, attraction 呼吸器 こきゅうき respiratory organs 人工呼吸 じんこうこきゅう artificial respiration 吸い殻 すいがら cigarette end (butt), tobacco ashes 吸い込む すいこむ to inhale, to breathe in, to suck up, to imbibe; to absorb, to soak up 吸引 きゅういん absorption, suction, aspiration, attraction 吸う すう to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale; to suck, to sip, to slurp; to absorb, to soak up; to kiss 吸着 きゅうちゃく adsorption, adsorb, attachment, sorption 吸入 きゅうにゅう inhalation