noun, takes する

  1. call, summons, paging, curtain call.

noun

  1. Sumo term.usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc..
  2. telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached. Abbreviation.
  3. box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse). Archaism.
  4. high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period). Archaism.
  5. unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period). Archaism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
呼び出し よびだし
 
呼出し よびだし
呼出
呼出 よびだし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

call, call out to, invite
よ.ぶ コ よぶ (6th, N3)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
question mark, ?
コ オ か (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
exit, leave, go out
で.る だ.す シュツ (1st, N5)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)