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

18 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
Variants:
provisions, food, bread
Kun:
かて
On:
リョウロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1354 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 糧 【カテ】 food, provisions, nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.), sustenance (e.g. of one's life), source of encouragement
  • 糧食 【リョウショク】 provisions
  • 衣糧 【イリョウ】 food and clothing
  • 口糧 【コウリョウ】 rations
  • 兵糧 【ヒョウロウ】 (army) provisions, food

Kun reading compounds

  • 糧 【かて】 food, provisions, nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.), sustenance (e.g. of one's life), source of encouragement
  • 日々の糧 【ひびのかて】 one's daily bread
  • 心の糧 【こころのかて】 food for thought

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang2
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • comestibles
  • provisiones
  • alimento

Portuguese

  • provisões
  • comida
  • pão

French

  • provisions
  • vivres
  • nourriture
  • pain
1912 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1375 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3490 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1552 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1616 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1704 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1820 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1282 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1502 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1800 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
935 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27132 Morohashi
1421 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4426 New Nelson (John Haig)
926 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1900 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1072 2001 Kanji
6b12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-12 SKIP code
9691.4 Four corner code
1-46-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ce7 Unicode hex code