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口

3 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 囗
mouth
Kun:
くち
On:
コウ、 ク
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

惜

11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
一 ｜ 二 忙 日
pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
Kun:
お.しい、 お.しむ
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1641 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 惜敗 【セキハイ】 regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
  • 惜春 【セキシュン】 lamenting the passing of spring, lamenting the passing of one's youth
  • 痛惜 【ツウセキ】 deep regret
  • 哀惜 【アイセキ】 grief, sorrow

Kun reading compounds

  • 惜しい 【おしい】 regrettable, disappointing, unfortunate, precious, dear, valuable, too good for, deserving better, almost (but not quite), close (but no cigar)
  • 惜しむ 【おしむ】 to be frugal, to be sparing, to value, to hold dear, to regret (e.g. a loss), to feel sorry (for), to be unwilling, to be reluctant
  • 惜しむべき 【おしむべき】 lamentable, regrettable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1, xi2
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • lastima
  • condolencia
  • pena
  • penoso
  • lamentable
  • condolerse
  • sentir
  • estimar

Portuguese

  • compaixão
  • poupar
  • frugal
  • mesquinho

French

  • regret
  • frugal
  • radin
  • économe
1484 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1542 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1712 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1024 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1303 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
765 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
779 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1455 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
820 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
586 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1195 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10814 Morohashi
484 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 New Nelson (John Haig)
1187 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1271 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1434 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1178 2001 Kanji
4k8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
9406.1 Four corner code
1-32-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60dc Unicode hex code