口

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mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

3 strokes Dict coverage rank #62 U+53E3

Pictograph (象形字)

An open mouth

components: 冂一

mouth · Heisig RSH #11

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 口 as their sound component

These characters all use 口 (kǒu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
口 sound component	kǒu	mouth; entrance, gate, opening
可	kě	may, can, -able; possibly
扣	kòu	to detain; to knock, to tap; button
否	fǒu	no, not, un-; final particle
叩	kòu	to ask; to bow, to kowtow; to knock

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心口不一	xīn kǒu bù yī	heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself; saying one …
人口学	rén kǒu xué	demography
口子	kǒu zi	hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicat…
有口无心	yǒu kǒu wú xīn	to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom)
人口	rén kǒu	population; people
大口	dà kǒu	large mouth; in large bites, mouthfuls or gulps
一口气儿	yī kǒu qì r	erhua variant of 一口氣\|一口气[yi1 kou3 qi4]
海口市	Hǎi kǒu Shì	Haikou, prefecture-level city and capital of Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]
一口	yī kǒu	readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
山口	Shān kǒu	Yamaguchi (Japanese surname, prefecture, and city)
山口	shān kǒu	mountain pass
口水	kǒu shuǐ	saliva
口头	kǒu tóu	oral; verbal
一口气	yī kǒu qì	one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
心口	xīn kǒu	pit of the stomach; solar plexus; words and thoughts
出水口	chū shuǐ kǒu	water outlet; drainage outlet
开口子	kāi kǒu zi	a dike breaks; fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds); to open the floodgates
阿拉山口市	Ā lā shān kǒu Shì	Alashankou, a county-level city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州\|博尔塔拉蒙古自治…
口白	kǒu bái	narrator; spoken parts in an opera
海口	Hǎi kǒu	see 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4]