Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to blow in the opposite direction; to revive

    おぼれかけた人は息を吹き返した。
    The man who nearly drowned began to breathe.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke

Kun
ふ.く
On
スイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1133 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 40

Built from

Used in names as

ふき

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3d4.3The Kanji Dictionary
6708.2Four corner code
3762deroo
5439Unicode hex code
1-31-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
901Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
747New Nelson (John Haig)
231New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
272Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
170Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
204Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
467Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
506Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
973A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
370Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1095Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3373Morohashi
1452A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1255Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1326Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1106Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
259Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
300Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
478Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chui1, chui4Pinyin reading
chwiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

return, answer, fade, repay

Kun
かえ.す-かえ.すかえ.る-かえ.る
On
ヘン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
685 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-4SKIP code
2q4.5The Kanji Dictionary
3130.4Four corner code
3367deroo
8fd4Unicode hex code
1-42-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4670Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6020New Nelson (John Haig)
3060New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3797Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1940Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2633Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
725Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
782Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
586A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
307Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38758PMorohashi
389A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
442Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316sakade
950Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
412henshall3
289Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
477crowley
184Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
681Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
733Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan3Pinyin reading
banKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level