口
mouth
- Pinyin
- kǒu
- Sino-Vietnamese
- Khẩu
- Strokes
- 3
- Number
- 30 / 214
Common radical no. 2 — taught in the beginner course
Characters with this radical
HSK words
- 只zhǐonly; merely; just; but
- 后hòusurname Hou
- 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- 吧ba(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- 呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?",
- 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [tìng]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [tìng])
- 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 和héold variant of 和