Mnemonic
You cup your hands around your mouth and call out across the lotus pond. Each lotus blossom catches your voice like a tiny megaphone, bouncing your call from flower to flower until it reaches the far shore, summoning your friend back to you.
Additional thoughts
Picture a massive lotus pond at dawn, your voice rippling the water as each open lotus amplifies the sound like a speaker. Mouth + lotus = calling across water.Quick recall
Your mouth opens to call across a lotus pond, each blossom amplifying the sound.Details
The keyword for 呼 is call. This kanji refers to the act of calling out to someone, summoning, or crying out vocally. It encompasses various forms of vocal beckoning, such as calling a person's name, hailing someone from a distance, or inviting someone to come. It can also extend to the concept of breathing, particularly exhaling, as in the act of expelling air from the lungs.
- On'yomi
- こ
- Kun'yomi
- よ.ぶ