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

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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

12 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
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On reading compounds

  • 腔 【コウ】 cavity
  • 腔線 【コウセン】 gun rifling
  • 腹腔 【フッコウ】 abdominal cavity
  • 口腔 【コウコウ】 oral cavity, mouth

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3776 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1267 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
917 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29630 Morohashi
4826 New Nelson (John Haig)
2465 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2535 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
7321.1 Four corner code
1-25-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8154 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:

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On reading compounds

  • 癌 【ガン】 cancer
  • 癌遺伝子 【ガンイデンシ】 oncogene
  • 子宮頸がん 【シキュウケイガン】 cervical cancer
  • 膵癌 【スイガン】 pancreatic cancer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2, ai2
Korean:
am

Spanish

  • cáncer

Portuguese

French

3076 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4076 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
22538 Morohashi
3840 New Nelson (John Haig)
2576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2626 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5i12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-12 SKIP code
0017.2 Four corner code
1-20-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
764c Unicode hex code