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See also (katakana), and (hangul)

Not to be confused with (wéi)

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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
口-order.gif

[edit] Etymology

Resembles an open mouth.

[edit] Han character

(radical 30 +0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 口 (R), four-corner 60000)

  1. mouth
  2. open end
  3. entrance, gate

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 171, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3227
  • Dae Jaweon: page 379, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 566, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+53E3

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping hau2, Yale hau2)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

(hiragana くち, romaji kuchi)

  1. mouth
  2. opening

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 kanji)

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[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: ib, McCune-Reischauer: ip)

[edit] Compounds

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin kǒu (kou3), Wade-Giles k'ou3)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*kǒu)


[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

(POJ kháu (khau2), khió (khio2), khó• (kho•2), káu (kau2))


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(khẩu)