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.

• 啦la🔊

  sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation

  HSK 6

  11 strokes

• 问wèn🔊

  to ask; to inquire

  HSK 1

  11 strokes

• 啥shá🔊

  dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]

  11 strokes

• 唱chàng🔊

  to sing

  HSK 1

  11 strokes

• 啰luō🔊

  used in 囉唆|啰唆[luo1 suo5] and 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1 suo5]

  11 strokes

• 唷yō🔊

  (interjection expressing surprise) Oh!

  11 strokes

• 喵miāo🔊

  (onom.) meow

  11 strokes

• 唬hǔ🔊

  a tiger's roar

  11 strokes

• 啃kěn🔊

  to gnaw

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 啲dī🔊

  some

  11 strokes

• 啪pā🔊

  (onom.) bang

  11 strokes

• 唯wéi🔊

  only

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 商shāng🔊

  commerce

  11 strokes

• 啄zhuó🔊

  to peck

  11 strokes

• 哑yǎ🔊

  mute; dumb; incapable of speech

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 喏nuò🔊

  (indicating agreement) yes

  11 strokes

• 啤pí🔊

  beer

  11 strokes

• 啵bo🔊

  grammatical particle equivalent to 吧

  11 strokes

• 啧zé🔊

  (interj. of admiration or of disgust)

  11 strokes

• 啡fēi🔊

  (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)

  11 strokes

• 唵ǎn🔊

  (interjection) oh!

  11 strokes

• 啱yān🔊

  correct

  11 strokes

• 唪fěng🔊

  recite

  11 strokes

• 唫jìn🔊

  to stutter

  11 strokes

• 售shòu🔊

  (bound form) to sell; to retail

  11 strokes

• 唰shuā🔊

  (onom.) swishing

  11 strokes

• 唲ér🔊

  forced laughter

  11 strokes

• 唳lì🔊

  cry of a crane or wild goose

  11 strokes

• 唶jiè🔊

  sigh

  11 strokes

• 唹yú🔊

  to smile at

  11 strokes

• 𫪁lai🔊

  (dialect) modal particle similar to 呢[ne5], 啦[la5] or 來著|来着[lai2 zhe5]

  11 strokes

• 唼shǎ🔊

  to speak evil

  11 strokes

• 唾tuò🔊

  saliva

  11 strokes

• 唿hū🔊

  to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth)

  11 strokes

• 啀ái🔊

  to growl (of dog)

  11 strokes

• 啁zhāo🔊

  used in 啁哳[zhao1 zha1]

  11 strokes

• 啅zhào🔊

  chirp

  11 strokes

• 啉lín🔊

  used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and quinoline 喹啉[kui2 lin2]

  11 strokes

• 啍tūn🔊

  move slowly

  11 strokes

• 啎wǔ🔊

  obstinate, disobedient, intractable

  11 strokes

• 啐cuì🔊

  to spit

  11 strokes

• 启qǐ🔊

  variant of 啟|启[qi3]

  11 strokes

• 啕táo🔊

  (bound form) to wail

  11 strokes

• 啖dàn🔊

  variant of 啖[dan4]

  11 strokes

• 啜chuò🔊

  (literary) to drink

  11 strokes

• 唡liǎng🔊

  ounce (British imperial system) (old)

  11 strokes

• 啫zhě🔊

  used in 啫哩[zhe3 li1]

  11 strokes

• 啭zhuàn🔊

  to sing (of birds or insects)

  11 strokes