The kanji 口: meaning, readings and stroke order

口

Meaning: mouth
On reading: コウ kou、ク ku
Kun reading: くち kuchi
Strokes: 3
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: miệng (khẩu)
Japanese: くち。
Korean: 입 (구)
Chinese: 嘴巴

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

人じん口こう
population, number of people
この村は 人じん口こうがすくないです。
Not many people live in this village.

ク ku · on reading

口く調ちょう
way of talking, tone of voice
先生はやさしい 口く調ちょうでした。
The teacher spoke in a gentle voice.

くち kuchi · kun reading

口くち
mouth
口くちを大きくあけてください。
Please open your mouth wide.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.