Ancient carved pictogram that became 口

THE RADICAL SHED

The mouth radical

Radical · mouth, speaking, openings

口

A wide-open mouth. Words with it tend to talk, eat, shout or ask.

14 of the 154 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

后B1
后hòuback; behind; after后面hòumiànback; behind后来hòuláiafterwards; later后年hòuniánthe year after next
口B1
口kǒumouth; measure word for people and mouthfu门口ménkǒudoorway; entrance路口lùkǒuintersection; crossing出口chūkǒuexit; to export
同B1
同学tóngxuéclassmate; fellow student不同bù tóngdifferent; not the same同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker同意tóngyìto agree; to consent
名B1
名字míngziname名míngname; measure word for people姓名xìngmíngfull name名单míngdānlist of names
可B1
可以kěyǐcan; may可能kěnéngpossible; maybe可kěbut; however; really可爱kě’àicute; adorable
和B1
和héand; with暖和nuǎnhuowarm和平hépíngpeace和谐héxiéharmonious
商B1
商店shāngdiànstore; shop商场shāngchǎngshopping mall商量shāngliangto consult商品shāngpǐngoods; product
号B1
号hàonumber; measure word for dates and sizes号码hàomǎnumber信号xìnhàosignal挂号guàhàoto register (at a hospital); to send by re
听B1
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear听tīngto listen; to hear听见tīngjiànto hear难听nántīngunpleasant to hear
喜B1
喜欢xǐhuanto like; to be fond of喜爱xǐ’àito like; to love恭喜gōngxǐto congratulate惊喜jīngxǐpleasantly surprised; nice surprise
只B1
只zhīclassifier for animals and one of a pair只zhǐonly; merely只能zhǐ néngcan only; have no choice but只是zhǐshìmerely; only; but
吃B1
吃chīto eat好吃hǎochītasty; delicious吃惊chījīngto be shocked; startled小吃xiǎochīstreet food
司B1
公司gōngsīcompany; firm司机sījīdriver官司guānsilawsuit上司shàngsiboss
唱B1
唱chàngto sing演唱yǎnchàngto sing for an audience歌唱gēchàngto sing唱片chàngpiànrecord; album
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