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.

• 唢suǒ🔊

  used in 嗩吶|唢呐[suo3 na4]

  13 strokes

• 嗪qín🔊

  used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin

  13 strokes

• 嗫niè🔊

  move the mouth as in speaking

  13 strokes

• 嗲diǎ🔊

  coy

  13 strokes

• 嗵tōng🔊

  (onom.) thump

  13 strokes

• 辔pèi🔊

  bridle; reins

  13 strokes

• 𫫇è🔊

  variant of 惡|恶[e4], used in names of chemical compounds

  13 strokes

• 嘛ma🔊

  modal particle indicating that sth is obvious

  HSK 6

  14 strokes

• 嘘xū🔊

  to exhale slowly

  14 strokes

• 尝cháng🔊

  to taste; to try (food)

  HSK 5

  14 strokes

• 嘞lei🔊

  sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval

  14 strokes

• 嘉jiā🔊

  excellent

  14 strokes

• 嘣bēng🔊

  (onom.) thump

  14 strokes

• 嘢yě🔊

  (Cantonese) thing

  14 strokes

• 嘎gā🔊

  (onom.) short but loud sound

  14 strokes

• 呕ǒu🔊

  vomit

  14 strokes

• 叹tàn🔊

  variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

  14 strokes

• 嘀dí🔊

  used in 嘀咕[di2 gu5]

  14 strokes

• 嘈cáo🔊

  bustling

  14 strokes

• 嗻zhè🔊

  (old) aye aye!

  14 strokes

• 嗽sòu🔊

  (bound form) to cough

  14 strokes

• 嗾sǒu🔊

  to urge on

  14 strokes

• 嘁qī🔊

  whispering sound

  14 strokes

• 嘂jiào🔊

  old variant of 叫[jiao4]

  14 strokes

• 嘌piào🔊

  (literary) fast

  14 strokes

• 嘏gǔ🔊

  good fortune

  14 strokes

• 嘐xiāo🔊

  boastful

  14 strokes

• 嘒huì🔊

  shrill sound

  14 strokes

• 嘚dē🔊

  (onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs

  14 strokes

• 唛mài🔊

  mark (loanword)

  14 strokes

• 嘡tāng🔊

  (onom.) clang

  14 strokes

• 嘤yīng🔊

  calling of birds

  14 strokes

• 嘥sāi🔊

  to waste (Cantonese)

  14 strokes

• 嘦jiào🔊

  (dialect) contracted form of 只要[zhi3 yao4]

  14 strokes

• 嘧mì🔊

  (phonetic) as in pyrimidine

  14 strokes

• 嘿hēi🔊

  hey

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 噢ō🔊

  oh; ah (used to indicate realization)

  15 strokes

• 哒dā🔊

  (phonetic)

  15 strokes

• 恶è🔊

  evil

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 噗pū🔊

  (onom.) pop

  15 strokes

• 嘭pēng🔊

  (onom.) bang

  15 strokes

• 嘶sī🔊

  hiss

  15 strokes

• 呒fǔ🔊

  perplexed

  15 strokes

• 噎yē🔊

  to choke (on)

  15 strokes

• 嘻xī🔊

  (interjection expressing surprise, grief etc)

  15 strokes

• 噜lū🔊

  grumble

  15 strokes

• 噌cēng🔊

  to scold

  15 strokes

• 噶gá🔊

  phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)

  15 strokes