EntryWaniKani 25
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to be called out

    passive form of 呼ぶ

    私の名前が暗闇の中で二度呼ばれるのが聞こえた。
    I heard my name called twice in the dark.
  2. to be called (a name); to be referred to as

  3. to be invited (to)

  4. to be summoned; to be called; to be sent for

  5. to be treated to (a meal, drink, etc.)

    Kansai dialect

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

call, call out to, invite

Kun
よ.ぶ
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
498 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

よぶ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3d5.4The Kanji Dictionary
6204.9Four corner code
3747deroo
547cUnicode hex code
1-24-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
914Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
769New Nelson (John Haig)
273New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
324Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
205Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
246Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1485Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1597Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
640A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
571Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1000Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3471Morohashi
856A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1254Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1325Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
410Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
867henshall3
862Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
197Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
301Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1497Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hu1Pinyin reading
hoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level