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

14 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Variants:
tombstone, monument
Kun:
いしぶみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1792 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 碑 【イシブミ】 stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations), stele, stela
  • 碑文 【ヒブン】 inscription, epitaph, epigraph
  • 詩碑 【シヒ】 monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a poem
  • 慰霊碑 【イレイヒ】 cenotaph, memorial monument

Kun reading compounds

  • 碑 【いしぶみ】 stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations), stele, stela

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei1
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • lápida sepulcral
  • mausoleo

Portuguese

  • lápide
  • monumento

French

  • pierre tombale
  • monument
1731 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1718 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3206 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1758 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1573 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1908 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1522 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1623 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1771 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1553 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1122 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1526 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24364P Morohashi
1213 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4028 New Nelson (John Haig)
1512 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1630 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1718 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3355 2001 Kanji
5a9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
1664.0 Four corner code
1-40-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7891 Unicode hex code