口
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口 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 口 (R), four-corner 60000, composition ⿱冂一)
This character (口) is used within characters. If a square is used as an enclosure around another character, then the character 囗 (U+56D7
) is used instead.
This radical is sometimes added to characters to indicate that a certain character is onomatopoeic, e.g. 咚 (dōng) and 啪 (pā), or is phonetic, e.g. 咖啡 (kāfēi) and 喇嘛 (lǎma).
This radical is also added to measurement units to indicate imperial system units instead of Chinese traditional units e.g. 呎 (chǐ, “feet”) vs 尺 (“Chinese feet”).
Historical forms of the character 口 | |||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |
Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) – resembles an open mouth.
In the oracle bone script, radical 口 is used for characters having abstract meanings. Such a character can have a figurative meaning derived from the phonetic part, e.g. 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”) = 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “right hand”) + 口 and 𪪺 (“strong; powerful”) = 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow”) + 口, or be an unrelated borrowing, e.g. 否 (OC *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ, “no”) = 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ', “calyx”) + 口.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku(w) (“mouth”). Cognate with Garo ku·sik (“mouth”), Tangut 𗋈 (*ŋwu², “mouth”).
口
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 口, 眼 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 口 |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 口, 眼 |
Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 口, 眼 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 口 |
Xi'an | 口 | |
Xining | 口 | |
Yanqi | 眼, 個 | |
Xuzhou | 眼 | |
Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 口, 眼 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 口 |
Wuhan | 口 | |
Guiyang | 口, 眼 | |
Liuzhou | 口 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼 |
Hong Kong | 眼, 口 | |
Gan | Lichuan | 口 |
Pingxiang | 口, 眼 | |
Hakka | Yudu | 眼 |
Ruijin | 口 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 眼 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 口 |
Xinzhou | 眼 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 口 |
Southern Min | Tainan | 口 |
Central Min | Yong'an | 口, 隻 |
Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 口 |
Wu | Danyang | 口 |
Hangzhou | 口, 眼 | |
Ningbo | 口 | |
Jinhua | 口 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 口 |
Loudi | 眼 |
For pronunciation and definitions of 口 – see 名 (“name; given name; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 名). |
For pronunciation and definitions of 口 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 口, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of 口 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 口, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
From Middle Chinese 口 (MC khuwX). The 呉音 (goon), so likely the initial borrowing.
From Middle Chinese 口 (MC khuwX). The 漢音 (kan'on), so likely a later borrowing.
From Middle Chinese 口 (MC khuwX).
Wikisource 口 (eumhun 입 구 (ip gu))
口 (kuchī)
口 (futs)
口 (kuchi)
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