kǒu

mouth

HSK 3 #212

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 212th character
Radical ⼝ (30.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 38

Definitions

口 kǒu
  1. 1. mouth
  2. 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Stroke order

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Words containing 口

Word Meaning
to speak in unison (idiom); different mouths, same voice
junction; fork in road
(toll) station; boarding gate (airport etc)
ration
to deny flatly
happy knack for chancing upon fine food
importer; import business
tight-lipped; (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
comic monologue; one-person comic sketch
to be fit for the purposes of a job or task
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; words and thoughts
fresh and tasty
tongue-twister
to take medicine orally; oral (contraceptive etc)
oral examination; oral test
to accept wholeheartedly; to be won over; to embrace
to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
eloquent; have the gift of the gab; voluble
narrow mountain pass; defile
air vent; drafty place; wind gap (geology)
awkward-sounding; hard to pronounce
at the heart of the struggle
population
mnemonic chant
frank and outspoken (idiom); to say what one thinks