吹

See also: 欥

Translingual

Han character

吹 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓人 (NO), four-corner 6708₂, composition ⿰口欠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3373
• Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 593, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5439

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		吹
alternative forms		𠷕 龡 䶴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 吹
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (吹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吹	*kʰjol, *kʰjols
炊	*kʰjol
焁	*qʰral, *qʰel

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 (“mouth”) + 欠 (“blow”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吹

1. to blow
2. to puff
3. to brag, boast
4. to play (a wind instrument)

   吹口琴  ―  chuī kǒuqín  ―  to play the harmonica

5. (informal) to drink alcoholic beverages directly from a bottle
6. (ACG) to like

   吹爆  ―  chuī bào  ―  to like very much

   全員吹／全员吹  ―  quányuán chuī  ―  someone who likes everyone (in the anime)

7. Misspelling of 催 (cuī, “to urge”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuì (chui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui⁴
    • Yale: chwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuey
    • Palladius: чуй (čuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹
    • Yale: chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhweH

Rime
Character	吹
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺僞切
Baxter	tsyhweH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwiə̆H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiueH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰǐweH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰwie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰo[r]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjols/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	吹
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhweH ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰo[r]-s/
English	musical concert
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吹
Reading #	2/2
No.	1655
Phonetic component	吹
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	吹
Old Chinese	/*kʰjols/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吹

1. song
2. wind

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

吹

(Jōyō kanji)

1. To blow (such as an instrument)

Readings

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふく (fuku, 吹く, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 吹禅(すいぜん) (suizen): "blowing meditation"

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Korean

Hanja

吹 (eum 취 (chwi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

吹: Hán Nôm readings: xuy, xi, xơi, xoe, xôi, xuê, xúy/xuý, xùi, xì, xỉ, xua, xuề, xuế, xuể, xui, xủi, xuôi

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