How to write 口 (kǒu, “mouth”)
口 (kǒu), an HSK 1 character, means “mouth”, “classifier” and “classifier”. Make Me a Hanzi uses it in 487 other characters, such as 中 (“within”), 事 (“matter”) and 亮 (“bright”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 门口 (“doorway”), 路口 (“crossing”) and 出口 (“an exit”). Japanese reads it kuchi, “mouth”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 口 (“mouth”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
As a top-bottom character it splits into 冂 (“wide”), strokes 1–2; 一 (“one”), stroke 3, written the top first.
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕top leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottomrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 3 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
口 inside other characters
Make Me a Hanzi count: 487 characters.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| kǒu third tone | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | — | 门口 路口 出口 口语 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 3 word
- Words with it
- 420 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 口
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口 | kǒu | mouth; classifier for things with mouths… HSK 1 |
| 门口 門口 | ménkǒu | doorway; gate HSK 2 |
| 路口 | lùkǒu | crossing; intersection HSK 3 |
| 出口 | chūkǒu | an exit; to speak HSK 4 |
| 口语 口語 | kǒuyǔ | colloquial speech; spoken language HSK 4 |
| 十字路口 | shízìlùkǒu | crossroads; intersection HSK 4 |
| 入口 | rùkǒu | entrance; to import HSK 4 |
| 人口 | rénkǒu | population; people HSK 5 |
| 进口 進口 | jìnkǒu | to import; imported HSK 5 |
| 口味 | kǒuwèi | a person's preferences; tastes HSK 5 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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