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.

• 唃gū🔊

  old variant of 唂[gu1]

  10 strokes

• 唅hán🔊

  (literary) to put in the mouth

  10 strokes

• 唆suō🔊

  (bound form) to incite; to instigate

  10 strokes

• 唈yì🔊

  palpitation

  10 strokes

• 唎lì🔊

  (final particle)

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• 唑zuò🔊

  azole (chemistry)

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• 唛mài🔊

  mark (loanword)

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• 唝hǒng🔊

  used in the title of an ancient song, 囉嗊曲|啰唝曲[Luo2 hong3 Qu3]

  10 strokes

• 唞dǒu🔊

  to take a rest (Cantonese)

  10 strokes

• 唡liǎng🔊

  ounce (British imperial system) (old)

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• 唢suǒ🔊

  used in 嗩吶|唢呐[suo3 na4]

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• 唣zào🔊

  variant of 唣[zao4]

  10 strokes

• 唧jī🔊

  (onom.) to pump (water)

  10 strokes

• 𠳐bāng🔊

  (onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc)

  10 strokes

• 𫪁lai🔊

  (dialect) modal particle similar to 呢[ne5], 啦[la5] or 來著|来着[lai2 zhe5]

  10 strokes

• 啦la🔊

  sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation

  HSK 6

  11 strokes

• 问wèn🔊

  to ask; to inquire

  HSK 1

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• 啥shá🔊

  dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]

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• 唱chàng🔊

  to sing

  HSK 1

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• 啰luō🔊

  used in 囉唆|啰唆[luo1 suo5] and 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1 suo5]

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• 唷yō🔊

  (interjection expressing surprise) Oh!

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• 喵miāo🔊

  (onom.) meow

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• 唬hǔ🔊

  a tiger's roar

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• 啃kěn🔊

  to gnaw

  HSK 7

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• 啲dī🔊

  some

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• 啪pā🔊

  (onom.) bang

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• 唯wéi🔊

  only

  HSK 7

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• 商shāng🔊

  commerce

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• 啄zhuó🔊

  to peck

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• 喏nuò🔊

  (indicating agreement) yes

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• 啤pí🔊

  beer

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• 啵bo🔊

  grammatical particle equivalent to 吧

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• 啧zé🔊

  (interj. of admiration or of disgust)

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• 啡fēi🔊

  (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)

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• 唵ǎn🔊

  (interjection) oh!

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• 啱yān🔊

  correct

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• 唪fěng🔊

  recite

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• 唫jìn🔊

  to stutter

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• 售shòu🔊

  (bound form) to sell; to retail

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• 唰shuā🔊

  (onom.) swishing

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• 唲ér🔊

  forced laughter

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• 唳lì🔊

  cry of a crane or wild goose

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• 唶jiè🔊

  sigh

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• 唹yú🔊

  to smile at

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• 唼shǎ🔊

  to speak evil

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• 唾tuò🔊

  saliva

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• 唿hū🔊

  to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth)

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• 啀ái🔊

  to growl (of dog)

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