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Kanji Information Sheet for 口 (
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Bushu (Radical) Info: 口 (くち) – mouth
Henshall Mnemonic: open mouth
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #284 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #284 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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JLPT N5 Words
- 口 [くち]
(n) mouth; orifice; opening [K] [D] [Jisho] - 入口 [いりぐち]
(n) entrance; gate; approach; mouth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 出口 [でぐち]
(n) exit; gateway; way out; outlet; leak; vent [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 悪口 [わるくち]
(n) abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 利口 [りこう]
(adj-na,n) clever; shrewd; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 蛇口 [じゃぐち]
(n) faucet; tap [K] [D] [Jisho] - 出入口 [でいりぐち]
(n) exit and entrance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 裏口 [うらぐち]
(n) backdoor; rear entrance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口紅 [くちべに]
(n) lipstick [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口実 [こうじつ]
(n) excuse [K] [D] [Jisho] - 早口 [はやくち]
(n) fast-talking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 窓口 [まどぐち]
(n) ticket window [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 出入り口 [でいりぐち]
(n) exit and entrance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口述 [こうじゅつ]
(n) verbal statement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 悪口 [あっこう]
(n) abuse; insult; slander; evil speaking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口頭 [こうとう]
(n) oral [K] [D] [Jisho] - 無口 [むくち]
(adj-na,n) reticence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 閉口 [へいこう]
(n) shut mouth [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 糸口 [いとぐち]
(n) thread end; beginning; clue [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口利き [くちきき]
(n) eloquent person; mouthpiece; man of influence; mediator; middleman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 異口同音 [いくどうおん]
(n) in concert; with one voice; unanimously [K] [D] [Jisho] - 非常口 [ひじょうぐち]
(n) emergency exit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口論 [こうろん]
(n,vs) dispute; quarrel [K] [D] [Jisho] - 秋口 [あきぐち]
(n) beginning of autumn [K] [D] [Jisho] - 切り口 [きりくち]
(n) cut end; section; opening; slit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水口 [みずぐち]
(n) a spout [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一口 [ひとくち]
(n) mouthful; one word; bite; sip; draft [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口々 [くちぐち]
(n) each entrance; every mouth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口々に [くちぐちに]
severally; unanimously [K] [D] [Jisho] - 語り口 [かたりくち]
(n) way of reciting; way of telling a story [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口げんか [くちげんか]
(n,vs) quarrel; dispute [K] [D] [Jisho] - 傷口 [きずぐち]
(n) wound [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口ごもる [くちごもる]
(v5r) to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口ぶり [くちぶり]
(n) way of speaking; intimation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 南口 [みなみぐち]
(n) south entrance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 北口 [きたぐち]
(n) north entrance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口コミ [くちコミ]
(n) word of mouth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 東口 [ひがしぐち]
(n) east entrance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口火 [くちび]
(n) fuse; spark plug; cause (of war); origin (of a quarrel) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 働き口 [はたらきぐち]
(n) position; situation; employment; opening [K] [D] [Jisho] - 戸口 [とぐち]
(n) door [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口径 [こうけい]
(n) aperture; bore; calibre [K] [D] [Jisho] - 間口 [まぐち]
(n) frontage [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.