呼
This character means ‘to call,’ and is pronounced KO or yobu in Japanese and hū in Chinese.
A mouth for calling out is on the left and the character on the right
乎
provides the sound clue. It serves as a question mark when written on its own, but no one has a good explanation for the symbolism when used in 呼. Many kanji are like this, essentially arbitrary symbols. In this case, I see a person wearing a broad hat calling out with arms raised.
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