吹く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吹
ふ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふく [fúꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) ふく [fùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1][2] non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	吹く	ふく	[fúꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形)	吹け	ふけ	[fúꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive	吹かれる	ふかれる	[fùkáréꜜrù]
Causative	吹かせる	ふかせる	[fùkáséꜜrù]
Potential	吹ける	ふける	[fùkéꜜrù]
Volitional	吹こう	ふこー	[fùkóꜜò]
Negative	吹かない	ふかない	[fùkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective	吹かなかった	ふかなかった	[fùkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal	吹きます	ふきます	[fùkímáꜜsù]
Perfective	吹いた	ふいた	[fúꜜìtà]
Conjunctive	吹いて	ふいて	[fúꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional	吹けば	ふけば	[fúꜜkèbà]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「吹く」

Verb

吹(ふ)く • (fuku) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 吹(ふ)き (fuki), past 吹(ふ)いた (fuita))

1. (transitive or intransitive) blow (of wind, to move; or to cause air to move)
2. (intransitive) spout (as a gas or liquid, out of something)
3. (transitive) play (a woodwind or brass instrument); blow (a whistle)
4. (intransitive) laugh reflexively

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	吹か	ふか	fuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	吹き	ふき	fuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	吹く	ふく	fuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	吹く	ふく	fuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	吹け	ふけ	fuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	吹け	ふけ	fuke
Key constructions
Passive	吹かれる	ふかれる	fukareru
Causative	吹かせる 吹かす	ふかせる ふかす	fukaseru fukasu
Potential	吹ける	ふける	fukeru
Volitional	吹こう	ふこう	fukō
Negative	吹かない	ふかない	fukanai
Negative continuative	吹かず	ふかず	fukazu
Formal	吹きます	ふきます	fukimasu
Perfective	吹いた	ふいた	fuita
Conjunctive	吹いて	ふいて	fuite
Hypothetical conditional	吹けば	ふけば	fukeba

Conjugation of "吹く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	吹か	ふか	fuka
Continuative (連用形)	吹き	ふき	fuki
Terminal (終止形)	吹く	ふく	fuku
Attributive (連体形)	吹く	ふく	fuku
Realis (已然形)	吹け	ふけ	fuke
Imperative (命令形)	吹け	ふけ	fuke
Key constructions
Negative	吹かず	ふかず	fukazu
Contrasting conjunction	吹けど	ふけど	fukedo
Causal conjunction	吹けば	ふけば	fukeba
Conditional conjunction	吹かば	ふかば	fukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	吹きき	ふきき	fukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	吹きけり	ふきけり	fukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	吹きつ	ふきつ	fukitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	吹きぬ	ふきぬ	fukinu
Perfect-continuative tense	吹けり 吹きたり	ふけり ふきたり	fukeri fukitari
Volitional	吹かむ	ふかむ	fukamu

Classical conjugation of "吹く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Derived terms

• 泡(あわ)を吹(ふ)く (awa o fuku)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN