口

kǒu

mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Radical: 口 HSK 1 q, n pictographic

Components & Etymology

口 decomposes into the following components:

冂 一

Words containing 口

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 口.

一口
yī kǒu
readily
上口
shàng kǒu
to be able to read aloud fluently
串口
chuàn kǒu
serial port (computing)
井口
jǐng kǒu
entrance to mine
交口
jiāo kǒu
Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
京口
jīng kǒu
Jingkou district of Zhenjiang city 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 shi4], Jiangsu
亲口
qīn kǒu
one's own mouth
人口
rén kǒu
population
伤口
shāng kǒu
wound
住口
zhù kǒu
shut up
信口
xìn kǒu
借口
jiè kǒu
to use as an excuse

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical 口.

卟 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叵 叶 号 司 叹 叻 叼 叽

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