mouth

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting the mouth or an open mouth shape, reflecting the natural form of this body part.

Mnemonic: A simple square with a horizontal line through the middle looks like an open mouth speaking.

• 口kǒu🔊

  HSK 1

  3 strokes

• 叫jiào🔊

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 只zhǐ🔊

  only; merely; just

  HSK 2

  5 strokes

• 可kě🔊

  (prefix) can; may; able to; -able

  HSK 5

  5 strokes

• 号hào🔊

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 另lìng🔊

  other

  HSK 6

  5 strokes

• 史shǐ🔊

  history

  5 strokes

• 右yòu🔊

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 台tái🔊

  (classical) you (in letters)

  HSK 3

  5 strokes

• 古gǔ🔊

  ancient

  HSK 3

  5 strokes

• 叶yè🔊

  leaf

  5 strokes

• 句jù🔊

  sentence

  HSK 2

  5 strokes

• 叭bā🔊

  denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)

  5 strokes

• 叮dīng🔊

  to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)

  5 strokes

• 司sī🔊

  to take charge of

  5 strokes

• 叼diāo🔊

  to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

  HSK 7

  5 strokes

• 召zhào🔊

  to call together

  5 strokes

• 叹tàn🔊

  variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

  5 strokes

• 叩kòu🔊

  old variant of 叩[kou4]

  5 strokes

• 叻lè🔊

  (used in place names)

  5 strokes

• 㕥shēn🔊

  old variant of 呻[shen1]

  5 strokes

• 卟bǔ🔊

  used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]

  5 strokes

• 叨dāo🔊

  garrulous

  5 strokes

• 叱chì🔊

  to scold

  5 strokes

• 叵pǒ🔊

  not

  5 strokes

• 叽jī🔊

  grumble

  5 strokes

• 吗ma🔊

  (question particle for "yes-no" questions)

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 吃chī🔊

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 后hòu🔊

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 向xiàng🔊

  towards

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 吓xià🔊

  to frighten

  HSK 5

  6 strokes

• 名míng🔊

  name

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 同tóng🔊

  like

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 吐tǔ🔊

  to spit

  HSK 5

  6 strokes

• 各gè🔊

  each

  HSK 3

  6 strokes

• 吸xī🔊

  to breathe

  HSK 4

  6 strokes

• 吉jí🔊

  lucky

  6 strokes

• 合hé🔊

  variant of 合[he2]

  HSK 3

  6 strokes

• 吊diào🔊

  to suspend

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 吋cùn🔊

  inch (English)

  6 strokes

• 吕lǚ🔊

  pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

  6 strokes

• 吔yē🔊

  onomat. for surprise, amazement and sigh

  6 strokes

• 吖ā🔊

  (used in transliterating chemical names)

  6 strokes

• 吁xū🔊

  sh

  6 strokes

• 吅xuān🔊

  variant of 喧[xuan1]

  6 strokes

• 吆yāo🔊

  to shout

  6 strokes

• 吏lì🔊

  minor government official or functionary (old)

  6 strokes

• 咤zhà🔊

  used in 叱咤[chi4 zha4]

  6 strokes