呼ぶ

よぶ · yobu · JLPT N5 · verb-godan

to call

📣 yobu sounds like yo, boo! — what you shout to call someone over

呼 = mouth 口 + the sound part 乎, so the kanji is literally a mouth making a call. Shouting yo, boo! covers both meanings: calling a name and inviting someone to come along.

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