吹 means “blow”

ふ · fu

Also: breathe, puff, emit

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

スイ

Taught in secondary school · 7 strokes

The story

A mouth (口) releases a breath that lacks (欠) nothing: 吹く (fuku) is wind blowing, a trumpet playing, snow drifting. The wind's voice speaks through this kanji.

Used in 吹雪 (fubuki, blizzard) and 吹奏 (suisou, wind instrument)

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• 湿 humid
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• 晴 clear weather
• 曇 cloudy
• 降 fall
• 暑 hot (weather)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.