口
This component represents the mouth or an opening. · Kangxi radical 30
This component represents the mouth or an opening.
Originally depicted as a simple square or rectangular opening, resembling an open mouth viewed from the front. The shape has remained remarkably consistent throughout Chinese writing history as a clear pictograph of the human mouth.
口 at a glance
- Meaning
- This component represents the mouth or an opening.
- Strokes
- 3
- Characters
- 487
- Role
- Contributes meaning
- Kangxi radical
- 30
Characters with 口 (115 of 487)
HSK 1 · 9
HSK 2 · 7
HSK 4 · 9
HSK 5 · 12
古gǔ · ancient兄xiōng · elder brother占zhàn · to take possession of吐tù · to vomit吹chuī · to blow呆dāi · foolish; stupid (variant of 呆[dai1])豆dòu · legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4])吨dūn · ton (loanword)含hán · to keep in the mouth局jú · cramped; narrow启qǐ · variant of 啟|启[qi3]吻wěn · variant of 吻[wen3]
HSK 6 · 16
叭bā · denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)叼diāo · to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)叮dīng · to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)叹tàn · variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]吊diào · a string of 100 cash (arch.)吉jí · abbr. for Jilin 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]扣kòu · button呈chéng · to present to a superior串chuàn · to string together吩fēn · used in 吩咐[fen1 fu5]谷gǔ · valley吼hǒu · to roar吝lìn · variant of 吝[lin4]呕ǒu · vomit吞tūn · to swallow吟yín · old variant of 吟[yin2]
Beyond HSK · 56
曰yuē · to speak中zhòng · to hit (a target)卟bǔ · used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]叱chì · to scold叨dāo · garrulous号háo · roar叽jī · grumble冋jiōng · old variant of 坰[jiong1]句gōu · variant of 勾[gou1]可kè · used in 可汗[ke4 han2]叩kòu · old variant of 叩[kou4]叻lè · (used in place names)叵pǒ · not石dàn · dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters罒wǎng · net (Kangxi radical 122)叶xié · to be in harmony召shào · name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province吖ā · (used in transliterating chemical names)吋cùn · inch (English)合gě · 100 ml吏lì · minor government official or functionary (old)吕lǚ · pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system舌jī · used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"吓hè · to scare吁xū · sh吆yāo · to shout吒zhà · variant of 咤[zha4]呗bài · (bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka")吡bǐ · used as phonetic bi- or pi-呎chǐ · foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)呔dāi · (interjection) hey!呃è · (exclamation)吠fèi · to bark呋fū · used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃[fu1 nan2], furan or 呋喃西林[fu1 nan2 xi1 lin2], furacilinum呒fǔ · perplexed呙guō · surname Guo亨hēng · prosperous冏jiǒng · velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family君jūn · monarch吭háng · throat呖lì · sound of splitting呐na · sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊[ne5 a5] or variant of 哪[na5])呛qiàng · to irritate the nose吣qìn · to vomit (of dogs and cats)吮shǔn · to suck呑tūn · variant of 吞[tun1]呜wū · (onom.) for humming or whimpering吴wú · area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai吾wú · (old) I; my杏xìng · apricot呓yì · to talk in one's sleep邑yì · city吲yǐn · used in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]肙yuān · a small worm吱zhī · (onom.) creaking or groaning足jù · excessive
Frequently asked questions
What does the component 口 mean?
口 means "This component represents the mouth or an opening.". In the characters that contain it, it contributes meaning.
How many Chinese characters contain 口?
487 characters in this dictionary contain 口, including ones at HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5, HSK 6.
Is 口 a radical?
Yes — 口 is Kangxi radical 30, one of the 214 traditional indexing radicals used to organise Chinese dictionaries.
How many strokes does 口 have?
口 is written in 3 strokes.