Kanji 口: "mouth"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 口

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 口くちmouth · opening; hole; gap; orifice
• 口くちにするto taste; to eat; to drink · to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to); to say
• 口くちを開ひらくto open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
• 口く調ちょうtone (of voice); manner of talking
• 入いり口ぐちentrance; entry; gate; approach
• 口くち元もとmouth; lips · shape of the mouth
• 出で口ぐちexit; way out · outlet; vent
• 一ひと口くちmouthful; morsel; bite · gulp; sip; draft; draught
• 口くちに出だすto express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
• 口くちを挟はさむto cut into (a conversation); to interject
• 傷きず口ぐち(opening of a) wound; cut
• 口くち々ぐちevery person; every mouth · every entrance

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