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:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吻 【フン】 proboscis, snout
  • 吻殻綱 【フンカクコウ】 Rostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)
  • 黄吻 【コウフン】 young and inexperienced person
  • 口吻 【コウフン】 way of speaking, intimation, lips, mouth, snout, proboscis

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen3
Korean:
mun

Spanish

Portuguese

French

892 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
270 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3375 Morohashi
729 New Nelson (John Haig)
2174 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2292 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
6702.0 Four corner code
1-42-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
543b Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
leak, escape, time
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1298 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漏洩 【ロウエイ】 leak (of secrets, information, etc.), disclosure, divulging, leak (of gas, liquid, etc.), leakage, escape (of gas), coming through (of light)
  • 漏出 【ロウシュツ】 leaking out, leakage, leak
  • 遺漏 【イロウ】 omission
  • 早漏 【ソウロウ】 premature ejaculation

Kun reading compounds

  • 漏る 【もる】 to leak, to run out
  • 漏れる 【もれる】 to leak out, to escape, to come through, to shine through, to filter out, to find expression, to give vent, to leak out, to be divulged, to be disclosed, to be omitted, to be left out, to be excluded, to be not included
  • 漏らす 【もらす】 to let leak, to let out (e.g. light), to let out (a secret), to leak (information), to divulge, to disclose, to let slip, to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction), to vent, to express, to reveal (e.g. one's true intentions), to let out (a sigh, etc.), to wet one's pants, to omit, to leave out, to fail to do, to miss, to omit (by mistake), to forget to do

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lou4
Korean:
ru

Spanish

  • fuga
  • escape
  • gotera
  • gotear
  • escaparse
  • filtrarse
  • rezumar

Portuguese

  • vazamento
  • escapar
  • tempo

French

  • fuite (eau, toit)
  • s'échapper (gaz)
  • temps
1940 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1809 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2682 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1599 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1495 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1806 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1945 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1502 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1247 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
860 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
495 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
635 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1077 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18120 Morohashi
701 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3307 New Nelson (John Haig)
1068 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1149 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1716 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
353 2001 Kanji
3a11.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3712.7 Four corner code
1-47-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f0f Unicode hex code