烏口

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	口
からす Jinmeiyō	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

烏 (“crow; raven”) +‎ 口 (“mouth”), from the resemblance of the tip to a crow's beak

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) からす​ぐち [kàrásúꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) からすぐち [kàrásúgúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

烏(からす)口(ぐち) • (karasuguchi) 

1. a ruling pen

See also

• 烏(う)口(こう)骨(こつ) (ukōkotsu)
• 烏(う)口(こう)突(とっ)起(き) (ukō tokki)
• 烏(う)口(こう)腕(わん)筋(きん) (ukō wankin)