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:

Words containing 口

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 口.

一口
yī kǒu
上口
shàng kǒu
串口
chuàn kǒu
井口
jǐng kǒu
交口
jiāo kǒu
京口
jīng kǒu
亲口
qīn kǒu
人口
rén kǒu
伤口
shāng kǒu
住口
zhù kǒu
信口
xìn kǒu
借口
jiè kǒu

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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