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口
JLPT N4 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #284

Meanings

Mouth

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿱冂一

Etymology

Pictographic: An open mouth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 vertical top-to-bottom
2 corner right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
コウ kou
γ‚― ku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
くけ kuchi

Words Using This Kanji

706 words total
Other (20 words)
ιΆε£η‰›εΎŒ γ‘γ„γ“γ†γŽγ‚…γ†γ”

better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull

口琴 こうきん

mouth harp

ι‡‘ε£ζœ¨θˆŒ γγ‚“γ“γ†γΌγγœγ€

(public) opinion leader

ζΌ”θͺ¬ε£θͺΏ γˆγ‚“γœγ€γγ‘γ‚‡γ†

oratorical tone

弁明口θͺΏ べんめいくけょう

apologetic (defensive) tone of voice

命什口θͺΏ γ‚γ„γ‚Œγ„γγ‘γ‚‡γ†

tone of command

ε…₯γ‚Šε£η‚Ή γ„γ‚Šγγ‘γ¦γ‚“

entry point

γŠγ‘γ‚‡γΌε£ γŠγ‘γ‚‡γΌγγ‘

puckered-up mouth

口がθ‚₯γˆγ‚‹ γγ‘γŒγ“γˆγ‚‹

to be used to eating the best

手八丁口八丁 てはっけょうくけはっけょう

eloquent and skilled (worker)

口音 γ“γ†γŠγ‚“

oral consonant (as opposed to nasal)

ε£ζ•°γŒε€šγ„ γγ‘γ‹γšγŒγŠγŠγ„

talkative

ι™°ε£γ‚’γŸγŸγ γ‹γ’γγ‘γ‚’γŸγŸγ

to backbite

手袳口病 てあしくけびょう

hand, foot and mouth disease

蛇心仏口 γ˜γ‚ƒγ—γ‚“γΆγ£γ“γ†

being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness

号口 ごうぐけ

regular production

ε£θ£γ‚’εˆγ‚γ›γ‚‹ くけうらをあわせる

to arrange beforehand to tell the same story

挿ε…₯口 そうにゅうぐけ

insertion point

ε£γŒι…Έγ£γ±γγͺγ‚‹ γγ‘γŒγ™γ£γ±γγͺγ‚‹

to say the same thing over and over again

η΅Œε£ζ„ŸζŸ“ けいこうかんせん

oral infection