吹chuī
to blow. 7 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 2.
Pinyin chuīStrokes 7Radical 口Band HSK 2Words 1
How to write 吹
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–7 write 欠.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 吹 · the stroke-order rules
What 吹 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 欠 (qiàn, to lack).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 欠 carries the sound.
Words that use 吹
| 吹 | to blow 风或人用力送出气流 春天的微风轻轻吹过江面。The gentle spring breeze blew softly across the river. Lesson 11, 过春节 · 畅行通衢与街市商旅 · Urban Commerce, Transit & Cityscape |
Characters that share the sound part 欠
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.