Chinese Character Wiki
吹

chuī

blow

Depicts blowing out air (欠) with the mouth (口).

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

欠 meaning component

欠  Meaning component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

Evolution

吹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
吹 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
吹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
吹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
吹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

吹  

chuī

blow; puff; brag, boast; to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through

Most common words with 吹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吹

to blow

吹牛

to talk big

吹嘘

to brag

鼓吹

to agitate for

吹捧

to flatter

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tʰo[r]

tsyhwe

chuī

blow (v.)

*tʰo[r]-s

tsyhweH

chuì

musical concert


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 24.3473% of movies

1355th most common character in movies

1390th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5439

Shuowen

“吹，噓也。从口，从欠。”


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