口

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See also: 囗, 㔿, ロ, and ㅁ
口 U+53E3, 口
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E3
← 叢
[U+53E2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 古 →
[U+53E4]
⼝ U+2F1D, ⼝
KANGXI RADICAL MOUTH
← ⼜
[U+2F1C] 		Kangxi Radicals ⼞ →
[U+2F1E]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
3 strokes
Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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Radical 30 口

口 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 口 (R), four-corner 60000, composition ⿱冂一)

  1. Kangxi radical #30, ⼝.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №22

Usage notes[edit]

This character (口) is used within characters. If a square is used as an enclosure around another character, then the character 囗 (U+56D7) is used instead.

This radical is sometimes added to characters to indicate that a certain character is onomatopoeic, e.g. 咚 (dōng) and 啪 (pā), or is phonetic, e.g. 咖啡 (kāfēi) and 喇嘛 (lǎma).

Derived characters[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 口
alternative forms 𠙵
𠮚
囗
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 口 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 口 (Cantonese)

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 口
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (口) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
口 *kʰoːʔ
叩 *kʰoːʔ
扣 *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoːs
釦 *kʰoːʔ
筘 *kʰoːs

Pictogram (象形) – resembles an open mouth.

In the oracle bone script, radical 口 is used for characters having abstract meanings. Such a character can have a figurative meaning derived from the phonetic part, e.g. 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”) = 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “right hand”) + 口 and 𪪺 (“strong; powerful”) = 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow”) + 口, or be an unrelated borrowing, e.g. 否 (OC *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ, “no”) = 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ', “calyx”) + 口.

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku(w) (“mouth”). Cognate with Garo ku·sik (“mouth”), Tangut 𗋈 (*ŋwu², “mouth”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • Sixian:
    • khiéu - literary;
    • héu - vernacular.
  • Meixian:
    • kêu3 - literary;
    • hêu3 - vernacular.
  • Jin
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
    • Note:
    • kāu - vernacular;
    • kēu - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • kháu - vernacular;
    • káu - vernacular (limited, e.g. 啞口);
    • khó͘/khió - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 口
    Mandarin Beijing /kʰou²¹⁴/
    Harbin /kʰou²¹³/
    Tianjin /kʰou¹³/
    Jinan /kʰou⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /kʰou⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /kʰou⁵³/
    Xi'an /kʰou⁵³/
    Xining /kʰɯ⁵³/
    Yinchuan /kʰəu⁵³/
    Lanzhou /kʰou⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /kʰɤu⁵¹/
    Wuhan /kʰəu⁴²/
    Chengdu /kʰəu⁵³/
    Guiyang /kʰəu⁴²/
    Kunming /kʰəu⁵³/
    Nanjing /kʰəɯ²¹²/
    Hefei /kʰɯ²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /kʰəu⁵³/
    Pingyao /kʰəu¹³/
    Hohhot /kʰəu⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /kʰɤ³⁵/
    Suzhou /kʰɤ⁵¹/
    Hangzhou /kʰø⁵³/
    Wenzhou /kʰau³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /kʰiu³⁵/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕʰiu³¹/
    Xiang Changsha /kʰəu⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /kʰəɯ⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /kʰiɛu²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /kʰeu³¹/
    Taoyuan /kʰeu³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /hɐu³⁵/
    Nanning /hɐu³⁵/
    Hong Kong /hɐu³⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kʰɔ⁵³/
    /kʰau⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰau³²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰe²¹/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰau⁵³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /xɔu²¹³/
    /xau²¹³/
    Rime
    Character 口
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
    Final (韻) 侯 (137)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 苦后切
    Baxter khuwX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kʰəuX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kʰəuX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kʰəuX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kʰəwX/
    Li
    Rong         		/kʰuX/
    Wang
    Li         		/kʰəuX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kʰə̯uX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		kǒu
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		hau2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 口
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		kǒu
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ khuwX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʰˁ(r)oʔ/
    English mouth

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 口
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 7490
    Phonetic
    component         		口
    Rime
    group         		侯
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		口
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʰoːʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    口

    1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)
      See also: 嘴, 口腔
      漱漱你的口。  ―  Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.  ―  Rinse your mouth out.
      這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 [MSC, trad.]
      这话出自你的口，听来令人奇怪。 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài. [Pinyin]
      This sounds strange in your mouth.
    2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
      入口  ―  rùkǒu  ―  entrance
      出口  ―  chūkǒu  ―  exit
      門口／门口  ―  ménkǒu  ―  doorway
    3. gateway
      張家口／张家口  ―  Zhāngjiākǒu  ―  Zhangjiakou
      口北  ―  Kǒuběi  ―  the area beyond the Great Wall
      口蘑  ―  kǒumó  ―  St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
    4. hole; cut
      口子  ―  kǒuzi  ―  hole
      傷口／伤口  ―  shāngkǒu  ―  wound
    5. port
      電腦端口／电脑端口  ―  shāngkǒu  ―  computer port
      C口  ―  sēikǒu  ―  USB-C port
    6. perimeter
      人口  ―  rénkǒu  ―  population
      戶口／户口  ―  hùkǒu  ―  hukou
    7. government organ; department
    8. Classifier for family members, populations and guns.
      三口之家  ―  sān kǒu zhī jiā  ―  a family of three
    9. Classifier for bites or mouthfuls.
      我可以吃一口嗎？／我可以吃一口吗？  ―  Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?  ―  Can I have a bite?
    10. (neologism, slang) to fellate
    11. a surname

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 嘴 (“mouth”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 口
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 口, 嘴
    Mandarin Beijing 嘴
    Taiwan 嘴, 嘴巴
    Tianjin 嘴
    Chengde 嘴
    Tangshan 嘴, 嘴巴
    Cangzhou 嘴
    Baoding 嘴
    Shijiazhuang 嘴
    Daming 嘴
    Ulanhot 嘴
    Tongliao 嘴
    Chifeng 嘴, 嘴巴
    Bayanhot 嘴
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 嘴
    Heihe 嘴, 嘴巴
    Qiqihar 嘴
    Harbin 嘴, 嘴巴
    Jiamusi 嘴
    Baicheng 嘴
    Changchun 嘴
    Tonghua 嘴
    Shenyang 嘴
    Dandong 嘴
    Jinzhou 嘴, 嘴巴
    Dalian 嘴
    Yantai 嘴
    Yantai (Muping) 嘴
    Qingdao 嘴
    Lijin 嘴
    Zhucheng 嘴
    Jinan 嘴
    Jinan (Zhangqiu) 嘴, 嘴巴得
    Jining 嘴
    Luoyang 嘴, 嘴巴
    Wanrong 嘴
    Yuanyang 嘴, 嘴巴
    Zhengzhou 嘴
    Lingbao 嘴
    Xinyang 嘴
    Baihe 嘴, 嘴巴
    Hanzhong 嘴, 嘴巴
    Xi'an 嘴, 嘴巴
    Baoji 嘴
    Yinchuan 嘴
    Tianshui 嘴
    Lanzhou 嘴, 嘴巴子, 嘴巴
    Dunhuang 嘴
    Xining 嘴
    Hami 嘴
    Ürümqi 嘴
    Wuhan 嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
    Huanggang 嘴巴兒
    Yichang 嘴, 嘴巴
    Xiangyang 嘴, 嘴巴子
    Tianmen 嘴, 嘴巴
    Hong'an 嘴巴, 嘴巴子, 口
    Chengdu 嘴巴, 嘴巴兒
    Nanchong 嘴, 嘴巴
    Dazhou 嘴巴
    Hanyuan 嘴, 嘴巴
    Xichang 嘴, 嘴巴
    Zigong 嘴巴兒
    Chongqing 嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴兒
    Guiyang 嘴巴, 嘴
    Zunyi 嘴巴
    Bijie 嘴巴
    Liping 嘴巴
    Zhaotong 嘴, 嘴巴
    Dali 嘴巴
    Kunming 嘴, 嘴巴
    Mengzi 嘴巴
    Lancang 嘴巴
    Liuzhou 嘴巴, 嘴
    Jishou 嘴巴
    Changde 嘴巴
    Anqing 嘴
    Xuzhou 嘴, 嘴兒, 嘴巴
    Fuyang 嘴
    Wuhu 嘴
    Yangzhou 嘴, 嘴巴子, 嘴巴
    Lianyungang 嘴巴
    Lianshui 嘴
    Nanjing 嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
    Hefei 嘴
    Nantong 嘴
    Singapore 嘴巴
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 嘴
    Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 嘴
    Cantonese Guangzhou 嘴, 口
    Hong Kong 嘴, 口
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 嘴
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 嘴
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 嘴
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 嘴
    Macau 嘴
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 口, 嘴
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 嘴
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 口, 嘴
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 嘴
    Foshan 口, 嘴
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 嘴, 口
    Foshan (Shunde) 嘴
    Foshan (Sanshui) 口
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 嘴
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 口嘴
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 口嘴
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 嘴
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 嘴
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 嘴
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 嘴
    Taishan 嘴
    Kaiping (Chikan) 嘴
    Enping (Niujiang) 嘴
    Heshan (Yayao) 嘴
    Dongguan 嘴
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 嘴
    Shenzhen (Dapeng) 嘴
    Qingyuan 嘴
    Fogang 嘴
    Yingde (Hanguang) 口
    Yangshan 嘴
    Lianshan (Butian) 嘴
    Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 嘴
    Shaoguan 嘴
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 嘴
    Renhua 嘴
    Lechang 嘴
    Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 嘴
    Sihui 嘴
    Guangning 嘴
    Deqing 嘴
    Huaiji 嘴
    Fengkai (Nanfeng) 嘴
    Yunfu 嘴
    Xinxing 嘴
    Luoding 嘴
    Yunan (Pingtai) 嘴
    Yangjiang 嘴, 口
    Xinyi 嘴
    Maoming (Xinpo) 嘴
    Lianjiang 嘴
    Nanning 嘴, 口
    Wuzhou 嘴
    Yulin 嘴
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 嘴
    Guiping 嘴
    Mengshan (Xihe) 口
    Guigang (Nanjiang) 嘴
    Beiliu (Tangliao) 嘴
    Baise 口
    Bobai 嘴
    Lingshan 嘴
    Pubei 嘴
    Qinzhou 嘴
    Beihai 嘴
    Ningming 嘴
    Hengzhou 口
    Hezhou (Pumen) 嘴
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 口
    Singapore (Guangfu) 嘴
    Gan Nanchang 嘴巴, 嘴
    Lichuan 嘴, 嘴仔
    Pingxiang 嘴巴, 嘴
    Hakka Meixian 嘴
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 嘴
    Huiyang 嘴
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 嘴
    Boluo (Bendihua) 嘴
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 嘴
    Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 嘴角
    Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 嘴角
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 嘴角
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 嘴
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 嘴
    Wuhua (Changbu) 嘴
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 嘴
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 嘴
    Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 嘴
    Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 嘴
    Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 嘴
    Wengyuan 嘴
    Liannan 嘴
    Conghua (Lütian) 嘴
    Jiexi 嘴
    Luhe 嘴
    Changting 嘴
    Wuping (Yanqian) 嘴
    Liancheng 嘴, 嘴角
    Ninghua 嘴管
    Yudu 嘴角
    Ningdu 嘴
    Shicheng 嘴官
    Shangyou (Shexi) 嘴包
    Tonggu (Sandu) 嘴
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 嘴
    Dayu 嘴巴
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 嘴
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 嘴
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 嘴
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 嘴
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 嘴
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嘴
    Hong Kong 嘴角
    Mengshan (Xihe) 嘴
    Luchuan 嘴
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 嘴, 嘴巴
    Sabah (Bao'an) 嘴, 嘴角
    Sabah (Longchuan) 嘴
    Senai (Huiyang) 嘴
    Singkawang 嘴
    Huizhou Jixi 嘴
    Shexian 嘴
    Fuliang 嘴
    Shitai (Xianyu) 嘴
    Jin Taiyuan 嘴
    Pingyao 口, 嘴
    Yangyuan 嘴, 嘴巴
    Datong 嘴
    Xinzhou 嘴
    Lishi 嘴, 口
    Linfen 嘴
    Changzhi 嘴, 口
    Taibus (Baochang) 嘴
    Linhe 嘴, 嘴頭子
    Jining 嘴, 嘴巴
    Hohhot 嘴
    Baotou 嘴
    Dongsheng 嘴
    Haibowan 嘴
    Erenhot 嘴, 嘴巴
    Pingshan 嘴
    Zhangjiakou 嘴
    Handan 嘴, 嘴巴
    Linzhou 嘴
    Suide 嘴, 嘴巴
    Min Bei Jian'ou 喙
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 喙
    Songxi 喙
    Zhenghe 喙
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 喙
    Jianyang 喙
    Jianyang (Huangkeng) 嘴
    Wuyishan 嘴
    Pucheng (Shibei) 喙巴, 喙
    Min Dong Fuzhou 喙
    Changle 喙
    Lianjiang 喙
    Fuqing 喙
    Pingtan 喙
    Yongtai 喙
    Minqing 喙
    Gutian 喙
    Pingnan 喙
    Luoyuan 喙
    Fu'an 喙
    Ningde 喙
    Xiapu 喙
    Zherong 喙
    Shouning 喙
    Zhouning 喙
    Fuding 喙
    Matsu 喙
    Min Nan Xiamen 喙, 喙斗, 喙口, 喙箍
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 喙
    Quanzhou 喙, 喙斗, 喙口, 喙箍
    Jinjiang 喙
    Nan'an 喙
    Shishi 喙
    Hui'an 喙
    Anxi 喙
    Yongchun 喙
    Dehua 喙
    Zhangzhou 喙, 喙斗, 喙口, 喙箍
    Zhangzhou (Longhai) 喙
    Zhangzhou (Changtai) 喙
    Hua'an 喙
    Nanjing 喙
    Pinghe 喙
    Zhangpu 喙
    Yunxiao 喙
    Zhao'an 喙
    Dongshan 喙
    Taipei 喙
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 喙
    Kaohsiung 喙
    Yilan 喙
    Changhua (Lukang) 喙
    Taichung 喙
    Taichung (Wuqi) 喙
    Tainan 喙
    Taitung 喙
    Hsinchu 喙
    Kinmen 喙
    Penghu (Magong) 喙
    Penang (Hokkien) 喙
    Singapore (Hokkien) 喙
    Manila (Hokkien) 喙
    Longyan 喙佬, 嘴佬
    Zhangping 喙佬
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 喙, 嘴佬
    Datian 喙
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 喙
    Chaozhou 喙
    Raoping 喙
    Shantou 喙
    Shantou (Chenghai) 喙
    Jieyang 喙
    Haifeng 喙
    Bangkok (Teochew) 喙
    Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 喙
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 喙
    Singapore (Teochew) 喙
    Leizhou 喙
    Wenchang 喙
    Haikou 喙
    Singapore (Hainanese) 喙
    Puxian Min Putian 喙
    Putian (Donghai) 喙
    Putian (Jiangkou) 喙
    Putian (Nanri) 喙
    Xianyou 喙
    Xianyou (Fengting) 喙
    Xianyou (Youyang) 喙
    Min Zhong Yong'an 嘴佬, 嘴
    Sanyuan 嘴
    Shaxian 嘴
    Shaojiang Min Shaowu 嘴
    Guangze 嘴
    Jiangle 嘴
    Mingxi 嘴
    Shunchang 嘴
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 呲嘴
    Sanxiang 喙嘴
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 嘴, 口
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 嘴, 嘴巴
    Shehua Fu'an 嘴
    Fuding 嘴
    Luoyuan 嘴
    Sanming 嘴
    Shunchang 嘴
    Hua'an 嘴
    Guixi (Zhangping) 嘴
    Cangnan 嘴
    Jingning 嘴
    Lishui 嘴
    Longyou 嘴
    Chaozhou 嘴
    Fengshun 嘴
    Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 口
    Wu Shanghai 嘴巴, 嘴, 嘴蒲
    Shanghai (Chongming) 嘴巴
    Suzhou 嘴, 嘴巴
    Wuxi 嘴巴
    Danyang 嘴
    Hangzhou 嘴巴
    Ningbo 嘴巴
    Wenzhou 嘴嘴, 嘴
    Jinhua 口蒲, 口蒲兒, 口
    Xiang Changsha 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
    Xiangtan 嘴巴子
    Loudi 嘴
    Shuangfeng 嘴巴
    Quanzhou 嘴, 嘴巴
    Dialectal synonyms of 口 (“(classifier for mouthfuls)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 口
    Mandarin Beijing 口, 口兒
    Taiwan 口
    Jinan 口
    Xi'an 口
    Ürümqi 口
    Wuhan 口
    Chengdu 口
    Liuzhou 口
    Yangzhou 口
    Nanjing 口
    Hefei 口
    Singapore 口
    Cantonese Guangzhou 啖
    Hong Kong 啖
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 啖
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 啖
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 啖
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 啖
    Macau 啖
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 啖
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 啖
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 啖
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 啖
    Foshan 啖
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 啖
    Foshan (Shunde) 啖
    Foshan (Sanshui) 啖
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 啖
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 啖
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 啖
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 啖
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 啖
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 啖
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 啖
    Taishan 啖
    Kaiping (Chikan) 啖
    Enping (Niujiang) 啖
    Heshan (Yayao) 啖
    Dongguan 啖
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 啖
    Yangjiang 啖
    Danzhou 口
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 啖
    Gan Nanchang 口
    Hakka Meixian 口
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 啖
    Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 啖
    Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 啖
    Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 啖
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 口
    Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 啖
    Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 啖
    Boluo (Bendihua) 啖
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 口
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 口
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 口
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 啖
    Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 啖
    Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 口
    Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 口
    Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 啖
    Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 啖
    Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 啖
    Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 啖
    Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 啖
    Conghua (Lütian) 口
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 口
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 口
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 口
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 口
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 口
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 口
    Hong Kong 啖
    Senai (Huiyang) 啖
    Singkawang 口
    Huizhou Jixi 口
    Jin Taiyuan 口
    Min Bei Jian'ou 喙
    Jianyang 喙
    Pucheng (Shibei) 喙
    Min Dong Fuzhou 喙
    Min Nan Xiamen 喙
    Quanzhou 喙
    Zhangzhou 喙
    Tainan 喙
    Singapore (Hokkien) 喙
    Chaozhou 喙
    Shantou 喙
    Shantou (Chenghai) 喙
    Bangkok (Teochew) 喙
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 喙
    Wenchang 喙
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 喙
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 啖
    Wu Shanghai 口
    Shanghai (Chongming) 口
    Suzhou 口
    Danyang 口
    Wenzhou 口
    Jinhua 口
    Xiang Changsha 口
    Loudi 口
    Shuangfeng 口
    Dialectal synonyms of 口 (“(classifier for pigs)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 口, 頭
    Mandarin Beijing 口
    Ulanhot 頭
    Tongliao 頭
    Chifeng 頭
    Bayanhot 口, 頭
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 頭
    Yantai (Muping) 口, 頭
    Jinan 口
    Xi'an 頭
    Wuhan 口
    Chengdu 條, 根
    Guiyang 頭
    Guilin 頭
    Liuzhou 頭
    Xuzhou 頭
    Nanjing 口
    Singapore 頭
    Cantonese Guangzhou 隻, 條
    Hong Kong 隻
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 隻
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 隻
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 隻
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 條
    Macau 隻
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 隻
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 隻
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 隻
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 個
    Foshan 隻
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 隻
    Foshan (Shunde) 隻
    Foshan (Sanshui) 隻
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 隻
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 隻
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 隻
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 隻
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 隻, 個
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 隻
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 個
    Taishan 個, 隻
    Kaiping (Chikan) 個
    Enping (Niujiang) 個
    Heshan (Yayao) 隻
    Dongguan 隻
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 隻
    Nanning 隻
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 隻
    Hakka Meixian 條
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 條
    Huiyang 條
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 條
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 隻
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 條
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 條
    Wengyuan 條
    Liannan 條
    Conghua (Lütian) 條, 隻
    Jiexi 條
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 隻
    Changting 隻
    Wuping (Yanqian) 隻
    Ninghua 頭
    Ningdu 隻
    Tonggu (Sandu) 隻
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 隻
    Dayu 隻
    Hong Kong 隻, 條
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 隻
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 隻
    Xinyi (Sihe) 隻
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 隻
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 隻
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 隻
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 隻
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 隻
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 隻
    Mengshan (Xihe) 條
    Luchuan 隻
    Senai (Huiyang) 條
    Huizhou Jixi 隻
    Jin Taiyuan 頭
    Taibus (Baochang) 頭
    Linhe 頭
    Jining 頭
    Hohhot 口
    Baotou 頭
    Dongsheng 頭
    Haibowan 頭
    Min Dong Fuzhou 頭
    Min Nan Xiamen 隻
    Quanzhou 隻
    Jinjiang 隻
    Zhangzhou 隻
    Penang (Hokkien) 隻
    Singapore (Hokkien) 隻
    Manila (Hokkien) 隻
    Shantou 隻
    Bangkok (Teochew) 隻
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 隻
    Leizhou 奇
    Haikou 隻
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 個

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (口):
    • → Japanese: 口(く) (ku); 口(こう) (kō)
    • → Korean: 구(口) (gu)
    • → Vietnamese: khẩu (口)

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 口 – see 名 (“name; given name; etc.”).
    (This character, 口, is an ancient form of 名.)

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    口

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    口
    くち
    Grade: 1
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 口 – see the following entry.
    【くち】
    [noun] 口: mouth
    [noun] 口: opening
    [noun] This term needs a translation to English.
    [noun] This term needs a translation to English.
    [noun] 口: taste (in food), preference
    (This term, 口, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    口
    くつ
    Grade: 1
    kun’yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 口 – see the following entry.
    【くつ】
    [noun] 口: prefixal bound form of くち (kuchi, “mouth”)
    (This term, 口, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 3[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    口
    く
    Grade: 1
    goon

    From Middle Chinese 口 (MC khuwX). The 呉音 (goon), so likely the initial borrowing.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    口(く) • (ku) 

    1. (Buddhism) the mouth
    2. (Buddhism) (by extension) one's speech, one's words
    3. the mouthpiece of a flute

    Counter[edit]

    口(く) • (-ku) 

    1. used to count people
    2. used to count per-person portions
    3. used to count open-mouthed containers
    4. used to count bladed weapons or tools

    Etymology 4[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    口
    こう
    Grade: 1
    kan’on

    From Middle Chinese 口 (MC khuwX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so likely a later borrowing.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Counter[edit]

    口(こう) • (-kō) 

    1. used to count people
    2. used to count bladed weapons or tools

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese 口 (MC khuwX).

    Historical readings

    Pronunciation[edit]

    • (in 口文, 口錢, and 口硬):
    • (mouth; entrance; hole; etc.):
      • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ku(ː)]
      • Phonetic hangul: [구(ː)]
        • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    口 (eumhun 입 구 (ip gu))

    1. Hanja form? of 구 (“mouth”).
    2. Hanja form? of 구 (“entrance; opening”).
    3. Hanja form? of 구 (“hole”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

    Kunigami[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    口

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    口(くちー) (khuchī) 

    1. mouth
    2. language
    3. dialect
    4. speech

    Miyako[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    口

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    • (Tarama): IPA(key): [ɸɨtˢɨ], [ɸs̩.tˢɨ]
    • (Ōgami): IPA(key): [ɸkɨ], [ɸks̩ ~ ɸkɯ]
    • (Ikema): IPA(key): [ɸu̥tˢɨ]
    • (Uruka): IPA(key): [ɸu̥tˢɿ]
    • (Minna): IPA(key): [ɸutˢʉ]

    Noun[edit]

    口(ふつ) or 口(ふィちィ) (futs or fïchï) 

    1. mouth
    2. language
    3. dialect
    4. speech

    References[edit]

    Okinawan[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    口

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    口(くち) (kuchi) 

    1. mouth
    2. language
    3. dialect
    4. speech

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms

    References[edit]

    • “ぐち【口】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    口: Hán Việt readings: khẩu[1][2]
    口: Nôm readings: khẩu[1][2]

    1. chữ Hán form of khẩu (“mouth; opening”).

    References[edit]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trần (2004).

    Yaeyama[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    口

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    口 (hiragana ふつぃ, rōmaji futsï)

    1. mouth
    2. language
    3. dialect
    4. speech

    Yonaguni[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    口

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    口 (hiragana ってぃ, rōmaji tti)

    1. mouth
    2. language
    3. dialect
    4. speech
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