This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コ、よ.ぶ
Romaji: ko, yo.bu
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: よぶ
Romaji: yobu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

call, call out to, invite

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  30
Frequency:  498
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-3-5
Korean Reading:  ho
Chinese Reading:  hu1
Unicode:  547c
JIS:  3846

Indexes

Halpern Index: 273
Nelson Index: 914
New Nelson Index: 769
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d5.4
Four Corner Index: 6204.9
Guide to Remembering Index: 856
Gakken Index: 640
Japanese Names Index: 571
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3471
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0959
Remembering the kanji Index: 1485
Kanji Flashcards Index: 410
Kodansha Compact Index: 301
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 867
Kanji in Context Index: 197
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 205
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 246
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1497
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1597
Essential Kanji Index: 1000
Kodansha Kanji Index: 324
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3747
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 862

Words

呼ぶ (よぶ)
to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife
呼吸 (こきゅう)
breath; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
呼び出す (よびだす)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
呼び寄せる (よびよせる)
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
呼応 (こおう)
hailing each other; acting in concert; agreement; concord
呼称 (こしょう)
naming; giving a name; designation; denomination; nominal
呼びかける (よびかける)
to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal
呼び名 (よびな)
given name; popular name; mnemonic name
呼び出し (よびだし)
call; summons; paging; curtain call; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
呼ばわり (よばわり)
to call (e.g. somebody a thief); to denounce; to brand as
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