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.

• 咣guāng🔊

  (onom.) bang

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• 咤zhà🔊

  used in 叱咤[chi4 zha4]

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• 咥xì🔊

  loud laugh

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• 咨zī🔊

  variant of 諮|咨[zi1]

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• 咫zhǐ🔊

  8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

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• 咭jī🔊

  variant of 嘰|叽[ji1]

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• 咮zhòu🔊

  beak of bird

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• 咴huī🔊

  neigh

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• 咷táo🔊

  wail

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• 咹è🔊

  eh?

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• 咺xuǎn🔊

  glorious

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• 咾lǎo🔊

  a noise

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• 哃tóng🔊

  (literary) to talk nonsense

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• 哌pài🔊

  used in transliteration

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• 哏gén🔊

  funny

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• 哓xiāo🔊

  a cry of alarm

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• 哕huì🔊

  used in 噦噦|哕哕[hui4 hui4]

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• 哙kuài🔊

  throat

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• 哜jì🔊

  sip

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• 哝nóng🔊

  (bound form) to mutter; to mumble

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• 啊a🔊

  modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent

  HSK 2

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• 哦ó🔊

  oh (interjection indicating doubt or surprise)

  HSK 7

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• 哭kū🔊

  to cry; to weep

  HSK 2

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• 唔wú🔊

  oh (expression of agreement or surprise)

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• 哥gē🔊

  elder brother

  HSK 1

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• 哼hēng🔊

  to groan

  HSK 7

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• 唉āi🔊

  interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)

  HSK 7

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• 唐táng🔊

  to exaggerate

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• 哩lǐ🔊

  mile

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• 唇chún🔊

  variant of 唇[chun2]

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• 唏xī🔊

  sound of sobbing

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• 哲zhé🔊

  wise

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• 唤huàn🔊

  to call

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• 唠láo🔊

  used in 嘮叨|唠叨[lao2 dao5]

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• 哨shào🔊

  a whistle

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• 㖞wāi🔊

  awry (mouth)

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• 哢lòng🔊

  to sing or chirp (of birds)

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• 哤máng🔊

  jargon

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• 哧chī🔊

  (onom.) giggling

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• 哫zú🔊

  to cajole

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• 哮xiào🔊

  pant

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• 哰láo🔊

  used in 㘓哰|𪢌哰[lan2 lao2]

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• 哱bō🔊

  used in 呼哱哱[hu1 bo1 bo1]

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• 哳zhā🔊

  used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1] and 啁哳[zhao1 zha1]

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• 哺bǔ🔊

  to feed

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• 哽gěng🔊

  to choke with emotion

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• 哿gě🔊

  excellent

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• 唁yàn🔊

  to extend condolences

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