Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
mouth
Kun:
くち
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
284 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口径 【コウケイ】 aperture, bore, calibre, caliber
  • 開口 【カイコウ】 opening, aperture (e.g. camera), opening one's mouth, beginning to speak, open, broad
  • 経口 【ケイコウ】 taken by mouth, oral
  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口 【クチ】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 猪口 【チョコ】 sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
  • 赤口 【シャッコウ】 day that is unlucky except between the auspicious hours of 11am and 1pm (in the traditional calendar)

Kun reading compounds

  • 口 【くち】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 口利き 【くちきき】 mediation, good offices, intervention, mediator, middleman, influential person, person of influence, eloquence, eloquent person, way of speaking
  • 切り口 【きりくち】 cut end, section, opening, slit, point of view, (different) perspective, new approach
  • 大口 【おおぐち】 big mouth, mouth opened wide, boastful speech, tall talk, bragging, boasting, large amount, large quantity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kou3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • boca
  • orificio
  • apertura

Portuguese

  • boca

French

  • bouche
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
34 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
20 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
213 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
29 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
54 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
276 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4189 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2119 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3227 Morohashi
3382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
685 New Nelson (John Haig)
11 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
11 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
200 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
16 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-3-0 SKIP code
6000.0 Four corner code
1-24-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e3 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
contain, include, hold in the mouth, bear in mind, understand, cherish
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
466 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 含有 【ガンユウ】 containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)
  • 含蓄 【ガンチク】 implication, significance, connotation, depth of meaning, complications of a problem
  • 内含 【ナイガン】 containing within (it), inclusion, (material) implication, material conditional

Kun reading compounds

  • 含む 【ふくむ】 to contain, to comprise, to have, to hold, to include, to embrace, to hold in the mouth, to bear in mind, to understand, to harbor (grudge, etc.), to harbour, to express (emotion, etc.), to imply
  • 含むところがある 【ふくむところがある】 to harbor ill feeling
  • 含める 【ふくめる】 to include (in a group or scope), to instruct, to make one understand, to include (a nuance), to put in (an implication), to put in (someone's) mouth, to permeate with flavor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han2
Korean:
ham

Spanish

  • incluir
  • tener en mente
  • entender
  • comprender
  • tener en la boca
  • contener

Portuguese

  • incluir
  • ter em conta
  • compreender
  • tratar com carinho

French

  • inclure
  • retenir
  • comprendre
  • chérir
1118 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
667 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
402 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1677 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
405 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
453 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1317 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1290 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
286 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2534 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1602 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3350 Morohashi
2041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 New Nelson (John Haig)
1588 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1712 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1103 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a5.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
2-4-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
8060.2 Four corner code
1-20-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
542b Unicode hex code