mouth

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.

• 啮niè🔊

  to gnaw

  11 strokes

• 啯guō🔊

  sound of swallowing

  11 strokes

• 啴chǎn🔊

  used in 嘽嘽|啴啴[chan3 chan3] and 嘽緩|啴缓[chan3 huan3]

  11 strokes

• 啶dìng🔊

  idine (chemistry)

  11 strokes

• 啷lāng🔊

  used in 啷當|啷当[lang1 dang1]

  11 strokes

• 啸xiào🔊

  (of people) to whistle

  11 strokes

• 㖞wāi🔊

  awry (mouth)

  11 strokes

• 喂wèi🔊

  hey

  HSK 2

  12 strokes

• 喝hē🔊

  to drink

  HSK 1

  12 strokes

• 喔ō🔊

  (interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)

  12 strokes

• 乔qiáo🔊

  tall

  12 strokes

• 哟yō🔊

  Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise)

  12 strokes

• 喊hǎn🔊

  to yell

  HSK 2

  12 strokes

• 喽lóu🔊

  (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits

  12 strokes

• 单dān🔊

  bill

  HSK 4

  12 strokes

• 喜xǐ🔊

  to be fond of

  12 strokes

• 喷pēn🔊

  to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 喘chuǎn🔊

  to gasp

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 嘅gě🔊

  possessive particle (Cantonese)

  12 strokes

• 善shàn🔊

  good (virtuous)

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 嗒dā🔊

  (onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc

  12 strokes

• 喇lǎ🔊

  (phonetic)

  12 strokes

• 喳zhā🔊

  (onom.) chirp, twitter, etc

  12 strokes

• 啾jiū🔊

  (onom.) wailing of child

  12 strokes

• 喙huì🔊

  beak

  12 strokes

• 喺xǐ🔊

  to be at, in or on (Cantonese)

  12 strokes

• 唤huàn🔊

  to call

  12 strokes

• 喉hóu🔊

  throat

  12 strokes

• 喀kā🔊

  (onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting

  12 strokes

• 丧sàng🔊

  to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)

  12 strokes

• 啼tí🔊

  variant of 啼[ti2]

  12 strokes

• 㗂shěng🔊

  variant of 省[sheng3]

  12 strokes

• 啺táng🔊

  old variant of 唐[tang2]

  12 strokes

• 啻chì🔊

  only (classical, usually follows negative or question words)

  12 strokes

• 啽án🔊

  to speak (Cantonese)

  12 strokes

• 喁yóng🔊

  (literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water

  12 strokes

• 喃nán🔊

  mumble in repetition

  12 strokes

• 喆zhé🔊

  variant of 哲[zhe2] (used as a surname and in given names)

  12 strokes

• 喈jiē🔊

  harmonious (of music)

  12 strokes

• 喋dié🔊

  used in 喋喋[die2 die2]

  12 strokes

• 喌zhōu🔊

  syllable

  12 strokes

• 喑yīn🔊

  mute

  12 strokes

• 喓yāo🔊

  grasshopper chirp

  12 strokes

• 喟kuì🔊

  to sigh

  12 strokes

• 喣xǔ🔊

  to breathe upon

  12 strokes

• 喤huáng🔊

  sobbing

  12 strokes

• 喥dù🔊

  used in location words (Cantonese)

  12 strokes

• 喦niè🔊

  talkative

  12 strokes