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.

• 哜jì🔊

  sip

  17 strokes

• 嚏tì🔊

  sneeze

  17 strokes

• 嚓cā🔊

  (onom.) scraping sound

  17 strokes

• 嚟lì🔊

  used in transliteration

  18 strokes

• 㘎hǎn🔊

  (literary) (of a tiger) to growl; to roar

  18 strokes

• 嚔tì🔊

  variant of 嚏[ti4]

  18 strokes

• 嚗bó🔊

  (onom.) sound of sth splitting or breaking apart

  18 strokes

• 嚚yín🔊

  insincere

  18 strokes

• 嚜me🔊

  (final particle)

  18 strokes

• 嚞zhé🔊

  old variant of 哲[zhe2]

  18 strokes

• 嚣xiāo🔊

  clamor

  18 strokes

• 嚯huò🔊

  (onom.) expressing admiration or surprise

  19 strokes

• 严yán🔊

  tight (closely sealed)

  HSK 4

  19 strokes

• 呖lì🔊

  sound of splitting

  19 strokes

• 咙lóng🔊

  used in 喉嚨|喉咙[hou2 long2]

  19 strokes

• 嚭pǐ🔊

  great

  19 strokes

• 𪢠lán🔊

  used in 囒噸|𪢠吨[Lan2 dun1]

  19 strokes

• 嚼jiáo🔊

  to chew

  HSK 7

  20 strokes

• 嚷rǎng🔊

  to shout

  HSK 7

  20 strokes

• 亸duǒ🔊

  hang down

  20 strokes

• 嚵chán🔊

  (variant of 饞|馋[chan2]) gluttonous

  20 strokes

• 囆chài🔊

  (used in an ancient given name)

  21 strokes

• 呓yì🔊

  to talk in one's sleep

  21 strokes

• 苏sū🔊

  old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

  22 strokes

• 囊náng🔊

  sack

  22 strokes

• 冁chǎn🔊

  smilingly

  22 strokes

• 囍xǐ🔊

  double happiness (similar to 喜喜)

  24 strokes

• 囔nāng🔊

  muttering, indistinct speech

  25 strokes

• 囖luo🔊

  erroneous variant of 囉|啰[luo5]

  28 strokes