音読み: スイ
訓読み: ふく
画数: 7
部首: 口（くちへん）
Meaning
Blow / Breathe / Puff
- 吹雪 — snowstorm; blizzard
- 吹奏 — wind instrument performance
- 吹子 — bellows
- 息吹 — breath; inspiration
- 吹聴 — rumor; spreading a story
吹 combines the 口 “mouth” radical with 欠 (a shape of opening the mouth wide). Together, it suggests breathing out forcefully — to blow air, sound, or breath.
Think of 吸 (inhale) as breathing in — while 吹 is the opposite, blowing out. A mouth that exhales forcefully sends out breath, sound, or wind.
Forms
吹雪 — snowstorm; blizzard