Memory phrase for the character: 嘴

嘴

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Meaning nozzle, mouth, beak, spout (of teapot etc)

Pronunciation

zuǐ

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: 觜 (stop 止, sitting person 匕), corner, horn 角 (image of the horn of an animal)

Mnemonic
 
This 'mouth' can stop the outlet, has to sit well and is made of horn: the nozzle/mouth.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
角 horn
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 Vocabulary

嘴唇 zuǐ chún  lip
嘴巴 zuǐ bā  mouth; slap
喷嘴 pēn zuǐ  nozzle; extrusion nozzle
龇牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ  to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
咧开嘴笑 liě kāi zuǐ xiào  to laugh
撇嘴 piě zuǐ  to twitch one's mouth
撇嘴 piě zuǐ  
红嘴鸥 hóng zuǐ ōu  black-headed gull
红嘴鸥 hóng zuǐ ōu  

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