mouth
kǒu (kou3)
Radical no. 30 · 3 strokes (第 30 部首 · 3 画 dì 30 bùshǒu · 3 huà)
Radical ⼝ (kǒu) — meaning: mouth, 3 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
This radical originates from a pictograph depicting the mouth or an open mouth shape, reflecting the natural form of this body part.
Mnemonic: A simple square with a horizontal line through the middle looks like an open mouth speaking.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
488 characters- 𠮶gè
that (Cantonese)
6 strokes
- 吧ba
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
HSK 17 strokes
- 听tīng
to listen to; to hear
HSK 17 strokes
- 呀ya
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
HSK 47 strokes
- 呃è
(exclamation)
7 strokes
- 呆dāi
foolish; stupid
HSK 57 strokes
- 吻wěn
variant of 吻[wen3]
HSK 77 strokes
- 吹chuī
to blow
HSK 27 strokes
- 吵chǎo
to quarrel
HSK 37 strokes
- 员yuán
(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity
HSK 37 strokes
- 呐nà
battle cry
7 strokes
- 君jūn
monarch
7 strokes
- 呗bei
modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm
7 strokes
- 吼hǒu
to roar
HSK 77 strokes
- 呜wū
(onom.) for humming or whimpering
7 strokes
- 吾wú
(old) I; my
7 strokes
- 告gào
(bound form) to say; to tell
HSK 77 strokes
- 吞tūn
to swallow
HSK 67 strokes
- 吴Wú
surname Wu
7 strokes
- 呈chéng
to present to a superior
7 strokes
- 吨dūn
ton (loanword)
HSK 57 strokes
- 含hán
to keep in the mouth
HSK 47 strokes
- 否fǒu
to negate
7 strokes
- 呛qiāng
to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
HSK 77 strokes
- 吽hōng
sound of a Buddhist incantation
7 strokes
- 呕ǒu
vomit
7 strokes
- 呎chǐ
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
7 strokes
- 呒fǔ
perplexed
7 strokes
- 吠fèi
to bark
7 strokes
- 呇qǐ
star
7 strokes
- 吱zhī
(onom.) creaking or groaning
7 strokes
- 㕯nè
old variant of 訥|讷[ne4]
7 strokes
- 吜chǒu
(onom.)
7 strokes
- 吝lìn
variant of 吝[lin4]
7 strokes
- 吟yín
to chant; to recite
7 strokes
- 吡bǐ
used as phonetic bi- or pi-
7 strokes
- 吣qìn
to vomit (of dogs and cats)
7 strokes
- 吥bù
used for transcription in 嗊吥|唝吥[Gong4 bu4]
7 strokes
- 吩fēn
used in 吩咐[fen1 fu5]
7 strokes
- 吪é
move
7 strokes
- 吭kēng
to utter
7 strokes
- 吮shǔn
to suck
7 strokes
- 启qǐ
variant of 啟|启[qi3]
7 strokes
- 吰hóng
clang
7 strokes
- 吲yǐn
used in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]
7 strokes
- 吿gào
variant of 告[gao4]
7 strokes
- 呋fū
used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃[fu1 nan2], furan or 呋喃西林[fu1 nan2 xi1 lin2], furacilinum
7 strokes
- 呏shēng
gallon
7 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.