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

13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
abdomen, belly, stomach
Kun:
はら
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1286 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 腹痛 【フクツウ】 stomach ache, abdominal pain
  • 腹心 【フクシン】 one's confidant, trusted friend, trusted retainer
  • 私腹 【シフク】 one's own profits, one's own pockets
  • 開腹 【カイフク】 making an incision in the abdomen, performing a laparotomy

Kun reading compounds

  • 腹 【はら】 abdomen, belly, stomach, womb, one's mind, one's real intentions, one's true motive, courage, nerve, willpower, generosity, magnanimity, feelings, emotions, wide middle part, bulging part, inside, interior, inner part, anti-node, counter for hard roe, counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)
  • 腹痛 【ふくつう】 stomach ache, abdominal pain
  • 業腹 【ごうはら】 spite, resentment
  • 赤腹 【あかはら】 brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus), Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis), Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster), dysentery

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bog

Spanish

  • barriga
  • estómago

Portuguese

  • abdômen
  • estômago
  • barriga

French

  • abdomen
  • ventre
975 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
965 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1345 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3800 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1010 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
852 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1871 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1271 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1345 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1088 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1040 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
710 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
949 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
475 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29722 Morohashi
1034 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4851 New Nelson (John Haig)
464 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
503 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
966 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3967 2001 Kanji
4b9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7824.7 Four corner code
1-42-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8179 Unicode hex code