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.

• 唠láo🔊

  used in 嘮叨|唠叨[lao2 dao5]

  15 strokes

• 嘫rán🔊

  old variant of 然[ran2]

  15 strokes

• 嘬zuō🔊

  (coll.) to suck

  15 strokes

• 叽jī🔊

  grumble

  15 strokes

• 嘱zhǔ🔊

  to enjoin

  15 strokes

• 嘲cháo🔊

  to ridicule

  15 strokes

• 哓xiāo🔊

  a cry of alarm

  15 strokes

• 嘹liáo🔊

  used in 嘹亮[liao2 liang4] and 嘹喨[liao2 liang4]

  15 strokes

• 噀xùn🔊

  spurt out of the mouth

  15 strokes

• 噂zǔn🔊

  talk together

  15 strokes

• 𠯠huī🔊

  to speak falsely or wrongly

  15 strokes

• 噇chuáng🔊

  (dialect) to eat or drink extravagantly

  15 strokes

• 噍jiào🔊

  to chew

  15 strokes

• 噏xī🔊

  to gossip

  15 strokes

• 噔dēng🔊

  (onom.) thud; thump

  15 strokes

• 噘juē🔊

  to pout

  15 strokes

• 噙qín🔊

  to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)

  15 strokes

• 㖊xún🔊

  fathom (1.83 meters) (old)

  15 strokes

• 噛niè🔊

  old variant of 嚙|啮[nie4]

  15 strokes

• 咝sī🔊

  (onom.) to hiss

  15 strokes

• 𪢌lán🔊

  used in 㘓哰|𪢌哰[lan2 lao2]

  15 strokes

• 当dāng🔊

  to be

  HSK 2

  16 strokes

• 嘴zuǐ🔊

  mouth

  HSK 2

  16 strokes

• 器qì🔊

  device

  16 strokes

• 吨dūn🔊

  ton (loanword)

  HSK 5

  16 strokes

• 噫yī🔊

  yeah (interjection of approval)

  16 strokes

• 噤jìn🔊

  unable to speak

  16 strokes

• 哝nóng🔊

  (bound form) to mutter; to mumble

  16 strokes

• 哕huì🔊

  used in 噦噦|哕哕[hui4 hui4]

  16 strokes

• 噩è🔊

  startling

  16 strokes

• 噪zào🔊

  (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp

  16 strokes

• 噬shì🔊

  to devour

  16 strokes

• 噭jiào🔊

  shout

  16 strokes

• 噱jué🔊

  loud laughter

  16 strokes

• 哙kuài🔊

  throat

  16 strokes

• 噳yǔ🔊

  herd

  16 strokes

• 噷hm🔊

  interjection expressing disagreement, reproach or dissatisfaction

  16 strokes

• 噻sāi🔊

  used in transliteration

  16 strokes

• 噼pī🔊

  child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese)

  16 strokes

• 嚃tà🔊

  (literary) to drink; to swallow

  16 strokes

• 嚄huò🔊

  (interj.) oh!

  16 strokes

• 嚆hāo🔊

  sound

  16 strokes

• 向xiàng🔊

  towards

  HSK 2

  17 strokes

• 吓xià🔊

  to frighten

  HSK 5

  17 strokes

• 嚎háo🔊

  howl

  17 strokes

• 咛níng🔊

  to enjoin

  17 strokes

• 嚅rú🔊

  chattering

  17 strokes

• 嚉duō🔊

  old variant of 咄[duo1]

  17 strokes