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.

• 喧xuān🔊

  variant of 喧[xuan1]

  12 strokes

• 喨liàng🔊

  used in 嘹喨[liao2 liang4]

  12 strokes

• 喭yàn🔊

  condole with

  12 strokes

• 喰cān🔊

  old variant of 餐[can1]

  12 strokes

• 喱lí🔊

  grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams)

  12 strokes

• 喹kuí🔊

  used in 喹啉[kui2 lin2]

  12 strokes

• 喻yù🔊

  to describe sth as

  12 strokes

• 喼jié🔊

  box (dialect)

  12 strokes

• 喾Kù🔊

  one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[Gao1 xin1 shi4]

  12 strokes

• 嗖sōu🔊

  (onom.) whooshing

  12 strokes

• 嗞zī🔊

  (onom.) sizzle, hiss, slurp etc

  12 strokes

• 嗟jiē🔊

  sigh

  12 strokes

• 吗ma🔊

  (question particle for "yes-no" questions)

  HSK 1

  13 strokes

• 嗯ēn🔊

  (a groaning sound)

  13 strokes

• 嗨hāi🔊

  oh alas

  13 strokes

• 嗑kè🔊

  to crack (seeds) between one's teeth

  13 strokes

• 呜wū🔊

  (onom.) for humming or whimpering

  13 strokes

• 嗷áo🔊

  loud clamor

  13 strokes

• 哔bì🔊

  (phonetic)

  13 strokes

• 哗huā🔊

  (onom.) bang

  13 strokes

• 嗬hē🔊

  (interjection expressing surprise) oh!

  13 strokes

• 嗅xiù🔊

  to smell

  13 strokes

• 嘟dū🔊

  (onom.) toot; honk; beep (sound of a horn etc)

  13 strokes

• 呛qiāng🔊

  to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 嗝gé🔊

  hiccup

  13 strokes

• 嗜shì🔊

  addicted to

  13 strokes

• 嗦suō🔊

  to suck

  13 strokes

• 嗳ǎi🔊

  to belch

  13 strokes

• 嗣sì🔊

  succession (to a title)

  13 strokes

• 嗡wēng🔊

  (onom.) buzz

  13 strokes

• 喿sào🔊

  chirping of birds

  13 strokes

• 嗀huò🔊

  to vomit

  13 strokes

• 嗃hè🔊

  scold with severity

  13 strokes

• 嗄shà🔊

  hoarse

  13 strokes

• 啬sè🔊

  stingy

  13 strokes

• 嗈yōng🔊

  to choke

  13 strokes

• 嗉sù🔊

  the crop of a bird

  13 strokes

• 唝hǒng🔊

  used in the title of an ancient song, 囉嗊曲|啰唝曲[Luo2 hong3 Qu3]

  13 strokes

• 嗌ài🔊

  (literary) to choke; to have a blockage in the throat

  13 strokes

• 嗍suō🔊

  to suck

  13 strokes

• 嗐hài🔊

  exclamation of regret

  13 strokes

• 嗓sǎng🔊

  throat

  13 strokes

• 嗔chēn🔊

  to be angry at

  13 strokes

• 嗕Rù🔊

  ancient tribe of northern China

  13 strokes

• 嗙pǎng🔊

  (dialect) to boast

  13 strokes

• 嗛qiàn🔊

  pouch

  13 strokes

• 嗤chī🔊

  laugh at

  13 strokes

• 嗥háo🔊

  variant of 嗥[hao2]

  13 strokes