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Kanji Detail for 口 - "mouth, speech, entrance"

口

  • Meaning

    口 means "mouth, speech, entrance."

    1. Mouth - The organ for eating and speaking.

    2. Entrance - A place where people or things enter and exit.

    3. To speak - To say something; to utter; those words.

    4. Counter - A word for counting people or households.

    5. Personally - By one's own mouth; in one's own words.

    6. Counter for swords - A word for counting blades.

    7. Portion - A unit for counting divided things (e.g., donations per portion).

    8. Type - Classification of things; variety (e.g., sweet type, different type).

    9. Employment - A place of work; also, a marriage prospect.

    10. Beginning - The start of something; the edge.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mouth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mouth; open end; entrance, gate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mouth; entrance, gate, opening

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An organ of the human body. Used for speech and eating. In household registration law, counting the population: one household is called 一戶, one person is called 一口. Hence 戶口 (households). Adults are called 丁口. | An important passage for entry and exit. All passes in the Great Wall are called 口. Beyond the passes is also called 口外. Under the old penal law, those exiled all went beyond the passes, hence also called 出口.
  • Onyomitip

    koh(こう) こう

    ku(く) く

  • Kunyomitip

    kuchi(くち) くち

  • Strokestip

    3 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords
    mouth speak talk entrance opening speech voice oral words language expression communicate articulate utterance verbal gateway portal orifice aperture discourse

Sentences including 口

  • Mind your own business !

  • I opened my account with the bank.

  • Don't speak with your mouth full.

  • How dare you speak to me like that?

  • He is very clever for a boy of ten.

  • Mind your own business !

  • The boy entered by the back door.

  • Don't say bad things about others.

  • She knows better than to answer back to him.

  • He bought his way into college.

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