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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

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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

蹄

16 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
亠 并 冖 口 巾 止 立 足
Variants:
蹏
hoof
Kun:
ひづめ
On:
テイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2469 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蹄球 【テイキュウ】 bulb (of an animal's hoof)
  • 蹄行性 【テイコウセイ】 unguligrade (walking on hooves)
  • 双蹄 【ソウテイ】 cloven foot
  • 装蹄 【ソウテイ】 shoeing a horse, horseshoeing

Kun reading compounds

  • 蹄 【ひづめ】 hoof

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ti2
Korean:
je

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4574 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2022 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1452 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
37724 Morohashi
5894 New Nelson (John Haig)
2741 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2770 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7d9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
6012.7 Four corner code
1-36-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8e44 Unicode hex code

疫

9 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
几 又 殳 疔
epidemic
On:
エキ、 ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1661 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 疫病 【エキビョウ】 epidemic, plague, pestilence
  • 疫学 【エキガク】 epidemiology
  • 検疫 【ケンエキ】 quarantine, medical inspection
  • 防疫 【ボウエキ】 communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.), prevention of epidemics
  • 疫病 【エキビョウ】 epidemic, plague, pestilence
  • 疫神 【エキジン】 god who spreads infectious diseases, god of pestilence

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • epidemia

Portuguese

  • epidemia

French

  • épidémie
1019 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1834 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3028 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1469 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1543 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1319 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1401 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1735 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1348 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4061 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2058 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2790 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1705 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22069 Morohashi
3276 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3783 New Nelson (John Haig)
1689 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1824 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1283 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
568 2001 Kanji
5i4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-4 SKIP code
0014.7 Four corner code
1-17-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75ab Unicode hex code