blow

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 吹 expresses wind blowing or a person blowing air; its on-reading is すい, and the verb 吹く is read ふく.
• Basic usage: 風が吹く describes wind blowing, while スープを吹いて describes a person blowing on soup.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Inflection and a whole-word reading
  • The linking form of 吹く is 吹いて, with final く changing to いて.
  • A blizzard is written 吹雪 and read ふぶき. This reading corresponds to the two-character word as a whole.