See also: 口诀

Chinese edit

mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) farewell; secrets (of an art)
trad. (口訣)
simp. (口诀)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

口訣

  1. (religion) orally transmitted esoteric teachings in Buddhism and Taoism
  2. mnemonic chant; formula; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order, etc.)
    英語語法口訣大全 [MSC, trad.]
    英语语法口诀大全 [MSC, simp.]
    yīngyǔ yǔfǎ kǒujué dàquán [Pinyin]
    a comprehensive collection of English grammar mnemonics
  3. (historical) kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern Hangul script)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (口訣):

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

口訣 (gugyeol) (hangeul 구결)

  1. Hanja form? of 구결 (kwukyel).