Memory phrase for the Kanji: 吹

吹

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Meaning

to blow, puff, boast, brag

Pronunciation

 chuī

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth., namely good manners)

Mnemonic
 
If the 'out-of-the-mouth" is lacking sth, it is just blowing.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
欠 lack, yawnLike a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).
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 Vocabulary

鼓吹 gǔ chuī  to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
吹捧 chuī pěng  to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
吹拂 chuī fú  to brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise
吹嘘 chuī xū  to brag
吹嘘 chuī xū  
自吹自擂 zì chuī zì léi  to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
大吹大擂 dà chuī dà léi  make an exhibition of oneself; ostentation
大吹大擂 dà chuī dà léi  

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