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TranslingualEdit
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Usage notesEdit
This character (口) is used within characters; if a square is instead used as an enclosure (around) a character, then the character 囗 is used instead.
Han characterEdit
口 (radical 30, 口+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 口 (R), four-corner 60000, composition ⿰丨コ or ⿱冂一)
- Kangxi radical #30, ⼝.
- Shuōwén Jiězì radical №22
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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
ChineseEdit
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| variant forms | 𠙵 𠮚 | |
Glyph originEdit
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| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 口 | *kʰoːʔ |
| 叩 | *kʰoːʔ |
| 扣 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoːs |
| 釦 | *kʰoːʔ |
| 筘 | *kʰoːs |
Pictogram (象形) – resembles an open mouth.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
口
- (anatomy) mouth (Classifier: 把 c)
- entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
- hole; cut
- 口子 ― kǒuzi ― hole
- government organ; department
- Classifier for family members, populations and guns.
- Classifier for bites or mouthfuls.
- (neologism, slang) to have oral sex
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CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 口
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JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
口
ReadingsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 口 |
| くつ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
/kutu/ → /kut͡su/
From Old Japanese. Appears in compound terms listed in the Wamyō Ruijushō of 938 CE.
The ancient combining form of modern reading kuchi.[1] Likely the original form.
No longer productive in modern Japanese. Only found in older compounds.
There are interesting potential phonetic and semantic overlaps with Middle Chinese 窟 (MC kʰuət̚, “hole; cave”), 口 (MC kʰəuX, “mouth; opening; hole”); Korean 굳 (gut), 굿 (gut, “hole; hollow; cavity”); possibly even Ainu クㇳ (kut), クッチ (kutchi, “throat”). One possibility is that these represent prehistoric nativized borrowings from Chinese. However, there is yet no clear evidence of relatedness.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
Etymology 2Edit
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| 口 |
| くち Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
*/kutu i/ → /kuti/ → /kut͡ɕi/
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[2]
Shift from kutu above, probably by fusion with ancient nominal particle い (i). Compare the phonetic development of 神 (kami, “spirit, god”) from kamu + i, 木 (ki, “tree”) from ko + i, 目 (me, “eye”) from ma + i.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- mouth
- 1999 July 22, “グレード・ビル [Great Bill]”, in Vol.4 (in Japanese), Konami:
- どんなものでも丸飲みできる大きな口を持っている。
- Donna mono de mo marunomi dekiru ōkina kuchi o motteiru.
- Its massive mouth can swallow whole anything whole.
- どんなものでも丸飲みできる大きな口を持っている。
- opening
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
Etymology 3Edit
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| 口 |
| く Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 口 (MC kʰəuX). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
CounterEdit
- used to count people
- used to count per-person portions
- used to count open-mouthed containers
- used to count bladed weapons or tools
Etymology 4Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 口 |
| こう Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 口 (MC kʰəuX). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
CounterEdit
- used to count people
- used to count bladed weapons or tools
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ^ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3532), text here
- ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
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CompoundsEdit
- 口訣 (구결, gugyeol)
ReferencesEdit
KunigamiEdit
MiyakoEdit
KanjiEdit
口
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
CompoundsEdit
- 宮古口 (みゃーくふつ, Myaakufutsu): Miyako language
- 沖縄口 (うきぃなーふつ, Uksїnaafutsu): Okinawan language
OkinawanEdit
KanjiEdit
口
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
CompoundsEdit
- 油口 (あんだぐち, andaguchi): compliment
- 油口ゃー (あんだぐちゃー, andaguchaa): flatterer
- 沖縄口 (うちなーぐち, uchinaaguchi): Okinawan language
- うらんだ口 (うらんだぐち, urandaguchi): European language, Western language
- 書ち口, 書口 (かちぐち, kachiguchi): written language
- 口しば (くちしば, kuchishiba): lips
- 島口 (しまぐち, shimaguchi): island language, local language
- 唐口 (とーぐち, tooguchi): Chinese language
- 那覇口 (なーふぁぐち, naafaguchi): Naha dialect
- 目口 (みーくち, miikuchi): facial expression
- 大和口 (やまとぅぐち, yamatuguchi): standard Japanese language