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

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

See images of
Radical 30 口

口 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 口 (R), four-corner 6000₀, composition ⿱冂一)

Kangxi radical #30, ⼝.
Shuowen Jiezi radical №22

Usage notes

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).

This radical is also added to measurement units to indicate imperial system units instead of Chinese traditional units e.g. 呎 (chǐ, “feet”) vs 尺 (“Chinese feet”).

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/口
㐰, 加, 吅, 𫭙, 如, 𪪺, 扣, 𬇖, 𨑕, 𪱳, 𣬣, 𤘘, 知, 𬖏, 𫃜, 𦒵, 𦔻, 𧥣(𬣚), 𧺚, 釦(𬬪), 卟, 𨙫, 鳴(鸣), 𪚩
兄, 𢗀, 𣬦, 肙, 足, 𭯶, 𤆗, 邑, 𭺲, 𤿌, 𡶸, 黾, 虽, 𧘗, 𨈗
占, 夻, 𡥄, 𢀛, 舌, 𦬅, 𣅊, 杏, 𣬧, 𬉸, 𭶻, 言, 𬽅, 𧮫, 谷, 𠔌, 𣄮, 𬔭, 𠭀, 𨈖, 軎, 害, 兽, 噕, 轡(辔), 石, 𡰪, 𢇞, 𫊝, 倉, 𫸧, 戓, 耉, 冋, 问, 冏, 局, 尚, 回, 中

Chinese

simp. and trad.		口
alternative forms		𠙵𠮚囗

Wikipedia has articles on:

口 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
口 (Cantonese)

Glyph origin

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.

See also 亼, 甘, 齒, 曰, 四, 廿, 只, and 欠.

Similar but unrelated to the bottom part of 由 and 缶 in their original form. Similar but unrelated to 囗, the original version of 丁 and some ancient variants of 天 on oracle bones. Lastly, unrelated to 另 and 雚.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku(w) (“mouth”). Cognate with Garo ku·sik (“mouth”), Tangut 𗋈 (*ŋwu², “mouth”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kǒu (kou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kou³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ку (ku, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu²
Gan (Wiktionary): kieu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiéu / héu

(Hailu, HRS): kieu^ˊ / heu^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): kêu³ / hêu³
Jin (Wiktionary): kou²
Northern Min (KCR): kě
Eastern Min (BUC): kāu / kēu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kháu / káu / khó͘ / khió

(Teochew, Peng'im): kao²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵kheu / ³kheu / ³kheu; ³khei
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³
  - Yale: kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koou
  - Palladius: коу (kou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: kou³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰəu⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ку (ku, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hau²
  - Yale: háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kieu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛu²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiéu / héu
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˋ / heu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kieu³ / heu³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯³¹/, /heu̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˊ / heu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰieu²⁴/, /heu²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kêu³ / hêu³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰeu³¹/, /heu³¹/

Note:

Sixian:
- khiéu - literary;
- héu - vernacular.
Hailu:
- kieuˊ - literary;
- heuˊ - vernacular.
Meixian:
- kêu3 - literary;
- hêu3 - vernacular.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kou²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰəu⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kāu / kēu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau³³/, /kʰɛu³³/

Note:

kāu - vernacular;
kēu - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu
  - Tâi-lô: kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
  - Tâi-lô: káu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kao
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió
  - Tâi-lô: khió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰio⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

kháu - vernacular;
káu - vernacular (limited, e.g. 啞口);
khó͘/khió - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: kao²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kheu
  - MiniDict: kheu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³kheu
  - MiniDict: kheu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰøy⁵¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³kheu; ³khei
  - MiniDict: khei^上; khei^上
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kʰey⁵³/, /kʰei⁵³/

Note: ³kheu (Hangzhounese) - older speakers only.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: kou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰəu̯⁴¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰiu³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰəu⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kʰəɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰiɛu²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰeu³¹/
Hakka	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/

Middle Chinese: khuwX

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	/kʰəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəw^X/
Li Rong	/kʰu^X/
Wang Li	/kʰəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤ(r)oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	口
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ khuw^X ›
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

口

(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.
entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
入口 ― rùkǒu ― entrance

出口 ― chūkǒu ― exit

門口／门口 ― ménkǒu ― doorway
gateway; mountain pass
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)
hole; cut
口子 ― kǒuzi ― hole

傷口／伤口 ― shāngkǒu ― wound
blade; edge of a knife
刀口 ― dāokǒu ― edge of a knife
port
電腦端口／电脑端口 ― diànnǎo duānkǒu ― computer port

C口 ― sēikǒu ― USB-C port
perimeter
人口 ― rénkǒu ― population

戶口／户口 ― hùkǒu ― hukou
government organ; department
Classifier for family members, populations, livestock. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
三口之家 ― sān kǒu zhī jiā ― a family of three
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?
Classifier for things with an opening: wells, pots, jars, guns, etc.
Classifier for utensils with a blade: knives, swords, etc.
(neologism, slang) to fellate
- 為什麼女朋友給我口我沒什麼感覺？ [MSC, trad.]
  为什么女朋友给我口我没什么感觉？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2019 August 28, Anonymous, Treehole: #829617
  Wèishénme nǚpéngyǒu gěi wǒ kǒu wǒ méishénme gǎnjiào? [Pinyin]
  Why didn't I feel a thing when my girlfriend blew me?
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嘴 (“mouth”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		口
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口, 嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嘴
	Taiwan	嘴, 嘴巴
	Chengde	嘴
	Ulanhot	嘴
	Tongliao	嘴
	Chifeng	嘴, 嘴巴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	嘴
	Heihe	嘴, 嘴巴
	Qiqihar	嘴
	Harbin	嘴, 嘴巴
	Jiamusi	嘴
	Baicheng	嘴
	Changchun	嘴
	Tonghua	嘴
	Shenyang	嘴
	Jinzhou	嘴, 嘴巴
	Singapore	嘴巴
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	嘴
	Tangshan	嘴, 嘴巴
	Cangzhou	嘴
	Baoding	嘴
	Shijiazhuang	嘴
	Lijin	嘴
	Jinan	嘴
	Jinan (Zhangqiu)	嘴, 嘴巴得
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	嘴
	Dandong	嘴
	Yantai	嘴
	Yantai (Muping)	嘴
	Qingdao	嘴
	Zhucheng	嘴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嘴, 嘴巴
	Lingbao	嘴
	Jining	嘴
	Daming	嘴
	Wanrong	嘴
	Linfen	嘴
	Yuanyang	嘴, 嘴巴
	Zhengzhou	嘴
	Xinyang	嘴
	Baihe	嘴, 嘴巴
	Xi'an	嘴, 嘴巴
	Baoji	嘴
	Tianshui	嘴
	Xining	嘴
	Xuzhou	嘴, 嘴兒, 嘴巴
	Fuyang	嘴
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嘴
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嘴
	Bayanhot	嘴
	Lanzhou	嘴, 嘴巴子, 嘴巴
	Dunhuang	嘴
	Hami	嘴
	Ürümqi	嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	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
	Wuhan	嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
	Yichang	嘴, 嘴巴
	Xiangyang	嘴, 嘴巴子
	Tianmen	嘴, 嘴巴
	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
	Hanzhong	嘴, 嘴巴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
	Yangzhou	嘴, 嘴巴子, 嘴巴
	Lianyungang	嘴巴
	Lianshui	嘴
	Nantong	嘴
	Anqing	嘴
	Wuhu	嘴
	Hefei	嘴
	Huanggang	嘴巴兒
	Hong'an	嘴巴, 嘴巴子, 口
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, Xiangzhou)	口嘴
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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, Babu)	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
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
	Lüliang (Lishi)	嘴, 口
	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
	Fuzhou (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, Chengxiang)	喙
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	喙
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	喙
	Xianyou	喙
	Xianyou (Fengting)	喙
	Xianyou (Youyang)	喙
Central Min	Yong'an	嘴佬, 嘴
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	嘴
	Sanming (Shaxian)	嘴
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	嘴
	Guangze	嘴
	Jiangle	嘴
	Mingxi	嘴
	Shunchang	嘴
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	呲嘴
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (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 (Hexi)	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
	Hengyang	嘴巴子
	Quanzhou	嘴, 嘴巴

Dialectal synonyms of 口 (“(classifier for mouthfuls)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	口, 口兒
	Taiwan	口
	Singapore	口
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	口
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	口
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	口
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	口
	Wuhan	口
	Liuzhou	口
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	口
	Yangzhou	口
	Hefei	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, Xiangzhou)	啖
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口, 頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	口
	Ulanhot	頭
	Tongliao	頭
	Chifeng	頭
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	頭
	Singapore	頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	口
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	口, 頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	口, 頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	條, 根
	Wuhan	口
	Guiyang	頭
	Guilin	頭
	Liuzhou	頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	口
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, Xiangzhou)	隻
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	個

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (口):

→ Japanese: 口(く) (ku); 口(こう) (kō)
→ Korean: 구(口) (gu)
→ Vietnamese: khẩu (口)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 口 – see 名 (“name; given name; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 名).

References

“口”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

口

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: く (ku, Jōyō)^{←く (ku, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←こう (kou, historical)}
Kun: くち (kuchi, 口, Jōyō)、くつ (kutsu, 口)、ふり (furi, 口)
Nanori: あき (aki)、くち (kuchi)、ひろ (hiro)

Compounds

Etymology 1

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

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

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

IPA^(key): [kɯ̟]

Noun

口(く) • (ku)

(Buddhism) the mouth
(Buddhism) (by extension) one's speech, one's words
the mouthpiece of a flute

Counter

口(く) • (-ku)

used to count people
used to count per-person portions
used to count open-mouthed containers
used to count bladed weapons or tools

Etymology 4

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

IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Counter

口(こう) • (-kō)

used to count people
used to count bladed weapons or tools

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 口 (MC khuwX).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 쿠ᇢ〯 (Yale: khwǔw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 구〯 (kwǔ) (Yale: kwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

(in 口文, 口錢, and 口硬):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ku]
- Phonetic hangul: [구]
(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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

口

Wikisource

口 (eumhun 입 구 (ip gu))

hanja form^? of 구 (“mouth”)
hanja form^? of 구 (“entrance; opening”)
hanja form^? of 구 (“hole”)

Compounds

인구 (人口, in'gu)
가구 (家口, gagu)
구결 (口訣, gugyeol)
구호 (口號, guho)
창구 (窓口, changgu)
함구 (緘口, hamgu)
구실 (口實, gusil)
구미 (口味, gumi)
항구 (港口, hanggu)
입구 (入口, ipgu)
구술 (口述, gusul)
금구 (噤口, geumgu)
구두 (口頭, gudu)
출구 (出口, chulgu)
하구 (河口, hagu)
대구 (大口, daegu)
구화 (口話, guhwa)
식구 (食口, sikgu)
구전 (口錢, gujeon)
구문 (口文, gumun)
구어 (口語, gueo)
구전 (口傳, gujeon)
화구 (火口, hwagu)
포구 (浦口, pogu)
강구 (江口, ganggu)
도구 (渡口, dogu)
구순 (口脣, gusun)
구령 (口令, guryeong)
구수 (口數, gusu)
갱구 (坑口, gaenggu)
구강 (口腔, gugang)
구설 (口舌, guseol)
호구 (戶口, hogu)
경구 (經口, gyeonggu)
구각 (口角, gugak)
구답 (口答, gudap)

References

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

Kanji

口

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Kun: くちー (khuchī, 口)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰut͡ɕiː/

Noun

口(くちー) (khuchī)

Miyako

Kanji

口

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Kun: ふつ (futs, 口)

Pronunciation

(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

口(ふつ) (futs)

References

“ふィちィ【口】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Okinawan

Kanji

口

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Kun: くち (kuchi)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kut͡ɕi/

Noun

口(くち) (kuchi)

Compounds

Derived terms

沖(うち)縄(なー)口(ぐち) (uchināguchi, “Okinawan language”)
ウランダ口(ぐち) (urandaguchi, “European language, Western language”)
書(か)ち口(ぐち) (kachiguchi, “written language”)
口(くち)しば (kuchishiba, “lips”)
島(しま)口(ぐち) (shimaguchi, “island language, local language”)
唐(とー)口(ぐち) (tōguchi, “Chinese language”)
那(なー)覇(ふぁ)口(ぐち) (nāfaguchi, “Naha dialect”)
目(みー)口(くち) (mīkuchi, “facial expression”)
大和(やまとぅ)口(ぐち) (yamatuguchi, “standard Japanese language”)

References

“ぐち【口】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese

Han character

口: Hán Việt readings: khẩu^[1]^[2]
口: Nôm readings: khẩu^[1]^[2]

chữ Hán form of khẩu (“mouth; opening”).

Compounds

References

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

Yaeyama

Kanji

口

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Kun: ふつぃ (futsï, 口)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fu̻t͡sɨ/

Noun

口(ふつぃ) (futsï)

Yonaguni

Kanji

口

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Kun: ってぃ (tti, 口)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˀi/

Noun

口(ってぃ) (tti)

[tdcntd-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Trần (2004).

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Translingual

Han character

Usage notes

Derived characters

Further reading

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Etymology 2

See also

References

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Counter

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Counter

Korean

Etymology

Pronunciation

Hanja

Compounds

References

Kunigami

Kanji

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

Miyako

Kanji

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Okinawan

Kanji

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

Compounds

References

Vietnamese

Han character

Compounds

References

Yaeyama

Kanji

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

Yonaguni

Kanji

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun