吸

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

吸 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口弓竹水 (RNHE), four-corner 6704₇, composition ⿰口及)

1. inhale, suck in
2. absorb
3. attract

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 179, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3372
• Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 594, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5438

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

吸 (Yale kap1, ngap1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

吸 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: すう (sū)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

吸 (hangeul 흡, revised heup, McCune-Reischauer hŭp)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

吸 (pinyin xī (xi1), Wade-Giles hsi¹)

[edit] Compounds

• 吸引