口 (kǒu): meaning and stroke order
口 (kǒu) means mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc).
口
- Simplified
- 口
- Traditional
- 口 (same form)
- Pinyin
- kǒu
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Stroke order of 口
口
- kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- 3 strokes
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Meaning of 口
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kǒu
- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Radical and structure
- 口
- Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 3 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 口
- 大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc); open mouth
- 山口 Shān kǒu Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name); Yamaguchi prefecture in the southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
- 开口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- 门口 mén kǒu doorway; gate
- 路口 lù kǒu crossing; intersection (of roads)
- 港口 gǎng kǒu port; harbor
- 胸口 xiōng kǒu chest
- 伤口 shāng kǒu wound; cut
- 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences; tastes (in food)
- 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to 筆供|笔供[bi3 gong4]); statement
- 口袋 kǒu dài pocket; bag; sack
- 窗口 chuāng kǒu window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)
口 in our stories
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叶子喝了一口，就不喝了。
Yèzi hē le yì kǒu jiù bù hē le
Yezi took one sip and stopped.
From the story The first date HSK 2
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露西吃了一口，又辣又香。
Lùxī chī le yì kǒu yòu là yòu xiāng
Lucy tries a bite: spicy and fragrant.
From the story "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3
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爸爸尝了一口，半天没说话，最后对妈妈说：“至少让她把两件事都试一试吧。”
bàba cháng le yì kǒu bàntiān méi shuōhuà zuìhòu duì māma shuō zhìshǎo ràng tā bǎ liǎng jiàn shì dōu shì yí shì ba
Her father tasted it, said nothing for a long while, and finally told her mother, "At least let her try both."
From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5
Stories using 口
- The first date HSK 2
- "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3
- The three-tier cake HSK 5
- A second chance HSK 5
- Old Du on the corner HSK 6
- Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).