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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- chui1
- English meanings
- fall through (of plans), wind, fall through, tout, play, gasconade, shoot a line, blow, break up, chuff, vaunt, boast, brag, gas, bluster, talk big, break off, toot, swash, play (wind instruments), huff, puff, land
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 欠.
Meaning & sound clues
口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.
欠 is identified as the sound component (qiàn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 吹.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
droop
to beat with the fist
cook
hammer
Example sentences
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Related words
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