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Kanji for Blow
The kanji for “blow” is 吹, read sui and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
吹
blow
To blow like the wind; a fresh breeze.
7 strokes On reading スイ (sui) Kun reading ふく (fuku) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sui, fu, fuki, fuku
In Japan it appears in about 74 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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