EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to soak up; to absorb

    エアコンが空気を充分吸い込んでいない。
    The air-conditioner isn't taking in enough air.
  2. to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

    usu. in the passive

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

suck, imbibe, inhale, sip

Kun
す.う
On
キュウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1054 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 22

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-3, 1-3-4SKIP code
3d3.5The Kanji Dictionary
6704.7Four corner code
3767deroo
5438Unicode hex code
1-21-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
885Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
713New Nelson (John Haig)
202New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
234Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
150Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
689Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
744Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1133A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1083Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3372PMorohashi
837A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1256Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1327Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
406Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
849henshall3
843Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
272Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
296Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
696Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi1Pinyin reading
heubKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
22WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Kun
-こ.むこ.むこ.み-こ.みこ.める
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
675 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

こみごめ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 3-2-2SKIP code
2q2.3The Kanji Dictionary
3830.0Four corner code
3562deroo
8fbcUnicode hex code
1-25-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4660Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6010New Nelson (John Haig)
3030New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3762Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1917Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2608Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
780Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
843Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
280A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
178Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
987Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38712PMorohashi
1275A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
776Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
790Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
948Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
396crowley
961Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
675Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
787Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ibKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level