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.

• 咇bì🔊

  fragrant

  8 strokes

• 咈fú🔊

  oppose

  8 strokes

• 咍hāi🔊

  (interj.)

  8 strokes

• 咎jiù🔊

  fault

  8 strokes

• 咏yǒng🔊

  to sing

  8 strokes

• 咐fù🔊

  used in 吩咐[fen1 fu5] and 囑咐|嘱咐[zhu3 fu5]

  8 strokes

• 咑dā🔊

  da! (sound used to move animals along)

  8 strokes

• 咙lóng🔊

  used in 喉嚨|喉咙[hou2 long2]

  8 strokes

• 咛níng🔊

  to enjoin

  8 strokes

• 咝sī🔊

  (onom.) to hiss

  8 strokes

• 哪nǎ🔊

  how

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 哇wa🔊

  replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 哈hā🔊

  (interj.) ha!

  9 strokes

• 咬yǎo🔊

  to bite

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 哟yō🔊

  Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise)

  9 strokes

• 咯gē🔊

  (phonetic)

  9 strokes

• 咦yí🔊

  expression of surprise

  9 strokes

• 骂mà🔊

  to scold

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 咱zán🔊

  I or me

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 响xiǎng🔊

  echo

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 咧liě🔊

  to draw back the corners of one's mouth

  9 strokes

• 咪mī🔊

  sound for calling a cat

  9 strokes

• 咩miē🔊

  the bleating of sheep

  9 strokes

• 哄hōng🔊

  roar of laughter (onom.)

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 哒dā🔊

  (phonetic)

  9 strokes

• 哔bì🔊

  (phonetic)

  9 strokes

• 哗huā🔊

  (onom.) bang

  9 strokes

• 哋dì🔊

  (Cant.) plural for pronouns

  9 strokes

• 咳hāi🔊

  sound of sighing

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 品pǐn🔊

  (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 哆duō🔊

  used in 哆嗦[duo1 suo5]

  9 strokes

• 咸xián🔊

  all

  HSK 4

  9 strokes

• 哑yǎ🔊

  mute; dumb; incapable of speech

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 哉zāi🔊

  (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

  9 strokes

• 咻xiū🔊

  call out

  9 strokes

• 哞mōu🔊

  moo (sound made by cow)

  9 strokes

• 哂shěn🔊

  (literary) to smile

  9 strokes

• 咽yàn🔊

  variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 哀āi🔊

  (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity

  9 strokes

• 咿yī🔊

  variant of 咿[yi1]

  9 strokes

• 哚duǒ🔊

  used in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]

  9 strokes

• 哐kuāng🔊

  (onom.) crash; bang; clang

  9 strokes

• 㖊xún🔊

  fathom (1.83 meters) (old)

  9 strokes

• 呰zǐ🔊

  to slander

  9 strokes

• 呲cī🔊

  (coll.) to scold

  9 strokes

• 咠qì🔊

  to whisper

  9 strokes

• 咡èr🔊

  space between mouth and ears

  9 strokes

• 咢è🔊

  beat a drum

  9 strokes