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.

• 呑tūn🔊

  variant of 吞[tun1]

  7 strokes

• 呓yì🔊

  to talk in one's sleep

  7 strokes

• 呔dāi🔊

  (interjection) hey!

  7 strokes

• 呖lì🔊

  sound of splitting

  7 strokes

• 呙Guō🔊

  surname Guo

  7 strokes

• 𠯠huī🔊

  to speak falsely or wrongly

  7 strokes

• 𠯪dǎi🔊

  (dialect) to eat

  7 strokes

• 和hé🔊

  (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4])

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 呢ne🔊

  (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 哎āi🔊

  hey!

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 命mìng🔊

  life

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 咋zǎ🔊

  dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]

  8 strokes

• 周zhōu🔊

  to make a circuit

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 呦yōu🔊

  Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc)

  8 strokes

• 味wèi🔊

  taste

  8 strokes

• 呼hū🔊

  to call

  8 strokes

• 呵hē🔊

  (bound form) to scold

  8 strokes

• 咁gān🔊

  so (Cantonese)

  8 strokes

• 咒zhòu🔊

  variant of 咒[zhou4]

  8 strokes

• 呸pēi🔊

  pah!

  8 strokes

• 咖kā🔊

  coffee

  8 strokes

• 咗zuǒ🔊

  Cantonese particle equivalent to 了[le5] or 過|过[guo4]

  8 strokes

• 咔kǎ🔊

  (used as phonetic "ka")

  8 strokes

• 咚dōng🔊

  (onom.) boom (of a drum)

  8 strokes

• 呣m🔊

  interjection expressing a question

  8 strokes

• 鸣míng🔊

  to cry (of birds, animals and insects)

  8 strokes

• 咕gū🔊

  (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc

  8 strokes

• 咀jǔ🔊

  to chew

  8 strokes

• 咂zā🔊

  to sip

  8 strokes

• 呯píng🔊

  (onom.) bang! (gong, gun firing etc)

  8 strokes

• 呱gū🔊

  used in 呱呱[gu1 gu1]

  8 strokes

• 咄duō🔊

  (old)(interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!

  8 strokes

• 㕻pǒu🔊

  variant of 咅[pou3]

  8 strokes

• 呝è🔊

  old variant of 呃[e4]

  8 strokes

• 呠pēn🔊

  to spurt

  8 strokes

• 呡wěn🔊

  the corners of the mouth

  8 strokes

• 呤lìng🔊

  used in 嘌呤[piao4 ling4]

  8 strokes

• 呧dǐ🔊

  vex

  8 strokes

• 呫tiè🔊

  to mutter

  8 strokes

• 呬xì🔊

  to rest

  8 strokes

• 呴xū🔊

  breathe on

  8 strokes

• 呶náo🔊

  clamor

  8 strokes

• 呷xiā🔊

  to sip; to drink

  8 strokes

• 呺xiāo🔊

  voice of anger

  8 strokes

• 呻shēn🔊

  (literary) to recite; to chant; to intone

  8 strokes

• 呿qū🔊

  to yawn

  8 strokes

• 咅pǒu🔊

  pooh

  8 strokes

• 咆páo🔊

  to roar

  8 strokes