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口

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
 
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 Dictionary: 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.
Note:
  • kāu - vernacular;
  • kēu - literary.
Note:
  • kháu - vernacular;
  • káu - vernacular (limited, e.g. 啞口);
  • khó͘/khió - literary.
Note: 3kheu (Hangzhounese) - older speakers only.
  • 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 (Hokkien) /kʰɔ⁵³/
/kʰau⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰau³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰe²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰau⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /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  ―  diànnǎo duānkǒu  ―  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？ [MSC, trad.]
    我可以吃一口吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma? [Pinyin]
    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
Northern Min 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
Eastern Min 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
Southern Min 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
Central Min 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, 門腔 slang
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
Northern Min Jian'ou 喙
Jianyang 喙
Pucheng (Shibei) 喙
Eastern Min Fuzhou 喙
Southern Min 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
Eastern Min Fuzhou 頭
Southern Min Xiamen 隻
Quanzhou 隻
Jinjiang 隻
Yongchun 隻
Zhangzhou 隻
Penang (Hokkien) 隻
Singapore (Hokkien) 隻
Manila (Hokkien) 隻
Datian 頭
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 is an ancient form of 名).

See also edit

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

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

口(くちー) (khuchī) 

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

Miyako edit

Kanji edit

口

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

口(ふつ) (futs) 

  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”).

Compounds edit

References edit

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

Yaeyama edit

Kanji edit

口

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

口(ふつぃ) (futsï) 

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

Yonaguni edit

Kanji edit

口

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

口(ってぃ) (tti) 

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