口

Usage notes
This character (口) is used within characters. If a square is used as an enclosure around another character, then the character  is used instead.

This radical is sometimes added to characters to indicate that a certain character is onomatopoeic, e.g. and, or is phonetic, e.g.  and.

This radical is also added to measurement units to indicate imperial system units instead of Chinese traditional units e.g. vs.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/口
 * 㐰, 加, 吅, 𫭙, 如, 𪪺, 扣, 𬇖, 𨑕, 𪱳, 𣬣, 𤘘, 知, 𬖏, 𫃜, 𦒵, 𦔻, 𧥣(𬣚), 𧺚, 釦(𬬪), 卟, 𨙫, 鳴(鸣), 𪚩
 * 兄, 𢗀, 𣬦, 肙, 足, 𭯶, 𤆗, 邑, 𭺲, 𤿌, 𡶸, 黾, 虽, 𧘗, 𨈗
 * 占, 夻, 𡥄, 𢀛, 舌, 𦬅, 𣅊, 杏, 𣬧, 𬉸, 𭶻, 言, 𬽅, 𧮫, 谷, 𠔌, 𣄮, 𬔭, 𠭀, 𨈖, 軎, 害, 兽, 噕, 轡(辔), 石, 𡰪, 𢇞, 𫊝, 倉, 𫸧, 戓, 耉, 冋, 问, 冏, 局, 尚, 回, 中

Glyph origin
– resembles an open mouth.

In the oracle bone script, radical 口 is used for characters having abstract meanings. Such a character can have a figurative meaning derived from the phonetic part, e.g. =  + 口 and  =  + 口, or be an unrelated borrowing, e.g.  =  + 口. Compare to Egyptian 𓂋

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
 * 2) entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
 * 3) gateway; mountain pass
 * 4) hole; cut
 * 5) blade; edge of a knife
 * 6) port
 * 7) perimeter
 * 8) government organ; department
 * 9)  to fellate
 * 1) hole; cut
 * 2) blade; edge of a knife
 * 3) port
 * 4) perimeter
 * 5) government organ; department
 * 6)  to fellate
 * 1) blade; edge of a knife
 * 2) port
 * 3) perimeter
 * 4) government organ; department
 * 5)  to fellate
 * 1) perimeter
 * 2) government organ; department
 * 3)  to fellate
 * 1) government organ; department
 * 2)  to fellate
 * 1)  to fellate
 * 1)  to fellate
 * 1)  to fellate
 * 1)  to fellate
 * 1)  to fellate
 * 1)  to fellate

Etymology 3
From. The, so likely the initial borrowing.

Noun

 * 1)  the mouth
 * 2)   one's speech, one's words
 * 3) the mouthpiece of a flute

Etymology 4
From. The, so likely a later borrowing.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) mouth
 * 2) language
 * 3) dialect
 * 4) speech

Noun

 * 1) mouth
 * 2) language
 * 3) dialect
 * 4) speech

Noun

 * 1) mouth
 * 2) language
 * 3) dialect
 * 4) speech

Noun

 * 1) mouth
 * 2) language
 * 3) dialect
 * 4) speech

Noun

 * 1) mouth
 * 2) language
 * 3) dialect
 * 4) speech