The Chinese Radical: 口


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Meaning
mouth, opening    口

Explanation This is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
middle, center, among, China
zhōng, zhòng

The line in the center of the square shows the middle.
JLPT HSK 1
harmony, peace, together with, Japan
hé, hè, huó, hú
Left: rice plant , right: mouth
Who has rice (plants) in his mouth is: in harmony.
JLPT HSK 1
empress, queen, behind, rear, afterwards
hòu
Top: var. of buttock seen from the side , below: opening as anus, in the sense of 'behind' (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor.)
The one following 'behind' is the empress.
JLPT HSK 1
same, like, similar, alike, together with
tóng
A container upside down: , one and an opening
All containers only have one opening, and that is: the same.
JLPT HSK 1
reputation, (good) name, famous
míng
Evening (When the moon is not yet fully there, it is only evening.) and mouth
In the evening they talk about people's reputation.
JLPT HSK 1
to obey, to listen, to hear
tīng
Left: mouth , right: axe
With your mouth (= arguments) or your axe (= brute force) you can make somebody obey.
JLPT HSK 1
End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne, ní
Left: Mouth , right: buddhist nun (buttocks from side , to sit )
May the mouth of a buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?
JLPT HSK 1
to shout, to call
jiào
Left: mouth , right: twisted (image of two intertwined threads)
The mouth is distorted when shouting.
JLPT HSK 1
question particle, morphine
mǎ, ma, má
Left: mouth , right: horse (traditionally: 馬 with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ)
A mouth (as big) as that of a horse is good for: questions.
JLPT HSK 1
to eat, to have a meal, to absorb
chī
Left: mouth , right: to beg (There lies [= a lying person ] a disadvantaged [= from the second class of society] and begs) (second = two written quickly)
It's for the mouth when you beg for sth. to eat.
JLPT HSK 1
number (of people), mark, day of a month
háo, hào
Top: mouth , bottom: winding seaweed (here: the number "5")
When the mouth says "5" it is a number.
JLPT HSK 1
how, which
nǎ, na, něi
Left: mouth , right: that, those (double edged sword and village)
A mouth spoke about the double-edged sword in the village, but it is which?
JLPT HSK 1
to drink, to shout loudly, My goodness!
hē, hè
Left: mouth , right: interrogation (= The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation)
His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person ) something: to drink.
JLPT HSK 1
hello (on telephone), to feed (i.e. animal)
wèi
Left: mouth , right: awe, reverence (.. because he has rice fields and [good] clothes .)
His mouth was in awe when saying: "Hello!"
JLPT HSK 2
affair, matter, thing, item, work
shì
From top: ten , mouth , hand /
Keep ten mouths shut with one hand: what an affair!
JLPT HSK 2
be possible, can, to approve, to permit

Nail and opening
The nail into the opening should be possible.
JLPT HSK 2
modal particle for polite suggestion ...right?, ...OK?
bā, ba
Left: mouth right: hope (Behind the doorknob you may hope.)
If my mouth (my speech) is hoping for something, this is a polite suggestion.
JLPT HSK 2
although, even though
suī
At top: mouth: , below: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.)
In the mouth an insect? Okay, although, ..
JLPT HSK 2
member, person, employee
yuán
Top: mouth , bottom: shell/money /貝 (貝 = cone-shell with two feelers = shell-money)
If you have a mouth and money, you can become a member.
JLPT HSK 2
to separate, to distinguish, to leave, to classify, do to not
bié, biè
Left: another (If it doesn't work with words , you have to try it with force : That's sth. different.), right: knife
If you make another thing by cutting, this is 'separating'.
JLPT HSK 2
to know, to be aware
zhī
Left: an arrow (= An arrow in the sky ), right: a mouth (here: a target)
The arrow hits the target, if it knows it.
JLPT HSK 2
right side, on the right
yòu
Top: hand /, below: mouth
The hand for the mouth (= You eat with it.), is your right.
JLPT HSK 2
elder brother

Comprises twice: possibility/can do (The nail into the opening should be possible.)
The one, who can very much (= the double of me), is my elder brother.
JLPT HSK 2
adminstration, to take charge of, to manage


In a corner ⌝ is sb. who throws a sheet of paper in the wastebasket : In the administration.
JLPT HSK 2
sing, to call loudly, to chant
chàng
Left: mouth , right: prosperous, flourishing (Two suns and it is flourishing.)
A mouth as big as two suns makes a good singer.
JLPT HSK 2
announce, to tell, to inform, to say
gào
Top: cow , below: mouth
The cow opens the mouth to announce something.
JLPT HSK 2
to ask, to inquire after
wèn
Outside: gate /門, below: mouth
The mouth at the gate is asking.
JLPT HSK 2
coffee
fēi
Left: mouth , right: denying (here: as the image of a filter, namely when wings are put opposingly on each other)
It is for the mouth and comes through the filter: coffee = 咖啡 [kāfēi].
JLPT HSK 2
coffee, class, grade

Left: mouth , right: to add (For getting power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added' [=to eat])
For the mouth sth. (=good taste) is added by a special class/grade of coffee = 咖啡 [kāfēi]
JLPT HSK 3
as, as if, such as

Left: woman , right: mouth
The women's mouths are as such.
JLPT HSK 3
in a direction, towards
xiàng
A house with a chimney (This also can be seen as a variation of roof ) and with a window
At the house the window is in: this direction.
JLPT HSK 3
mouth, opening, entrance
kǒu

A mouth wide open.
JLPT HSK 3
sentence, clause, phrase

Outside: wrap up/cover , inside: mouth
She covered her mouth at such a sentence. (Or: Something "wrapped" out the mouth is a sentence.)
JLPT HSK 3
interjection of surprise: Ah!, Oh!
ā, á, ǎ, à, a
Left: mouth , right: (exclamation of approval) 阿 (From the elevated point of a hill there is the possibility [because of better sound transmission] to: shout)
A mouth on a hill can shout out: Ah! Oh!
JLPT HSK 3
in every case, always, gather, overall, chief
zǒng
From the top: coming out , mouth , heart
(not only half-truths) What comes out of your mouth and heart, shall always be the 'whole'.
JLPT HSK 3
to add, plus, Canada 加拿大
jiā
Left: power , right: mouth
(it is meant: to eat) For (getting) power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added'.
JLPT HSK 3
nozzle, mouth, beak, spout (of teapot etc)
zuǐ
Left: mouth , right: 觜 (stop , sitting person ), corner, horn (image of the horn of an animal)
This 'mouth' can stop the outlet, has to sit well and is made of horn: the nozzle/mouth.
JLPT HSK 3
history, annals
shǐ
Mouth and person with a wide step (cf. unit of length )
With the mouth, the person who made wide steps, tells his history.
JLPT HSK 3
to cry, to weep

Top: two mouths (here: two eyes), bottom: dog (here: mouth with corners drawn down and a tear
From two eyes ロロ a tear runs to the mouth when: crying.
JLPT HSK 3
sound, noise, echo
xiǎng
Left: mouth , right: direction towards (At the house the window is in: this direction.)
It comes from a mouth or you hear it through the window of a house : A sound.
JLPT HSK 3
skirt
qún
Left: clothes 衤/, right: monarch,master (Here: hand with needle and circumferential closed skirt [in cross-sectional view])
This clothing is sewn made with a needle in a hand and looks (in cross-sectional view) like a skirt: The skirt!
JLPT HSK 3
just one of a several, unique, merely, only
zhī, zhǐ
Image of a person consisting only of a mouth and two legs
This person has a huge mouth, which is only one and unique.
JLPT HSK 3
beer

Left: mouth , right: vulgar/low (A such untidy field is tenfold vulgar.)
For the mouth, the vulgar (drink) is: beer.
JLPT HSK 4
other, another, separate, separately
lìng
Top: mouth , bottom: force
If it doesn't work with (= mouth), you have to try it with force : That's an other thing.
JLPT HSK 4
to fit, to join, to close, to be equal to, 100 ml
gě, hé
Top: a cover (here: a lid of a pot), below: pot/container
The lid on the container fits.
JLPT HSK 4
to breath out, to exhale, to shout, to cry

Left: mouth , right: particle for question 乎 (If the scales with that roundness at the bottom is still even, is the question 乎.)
The mouth with the question is breathing out or shouting.
JLPT HSK 4
taste, smell
wèi
Left: mouth , right: not yet (The upper shorter branch of the tree is "not yet".)
In the mouth have young shoots (="what is not yet") a special taste. [In contrast: In the mouth old things taste: hard ]
JLPT HSK 4
leaf (of a plant), page

Left: mouth (= image of a leaf), right: was traditionally: 葉, now: . with: ground , tree trunk and roots
The leaf at the simplified tree stands for: leaves.
JLPT HSK 4
to inhale, to breathe, to suck in, to absorb

Left: mouth , right: reach, extend (A hand stretched out to reach 丿 sth.)
The mouth reaches to the cigarette in a hand to inhale.
JLPT HSK 4
(sound of surprise) ah!, oh!
yā, ya
Left: mouth , right: tusk (elephant's head with a tusk )
A mouth with a tusk, I am surprised: Oh!
JLPT HSK 4
platform, stage, terrace, stand, support
tái
Top: nose , below: mouth
The nose over the mouth is like a platform.
JLPT HSK 4
to sell, to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
shòu
Top: bird , bottom: mouth (here: cage)
If I get the bird into the cage, I can sell it.
JLPT HSK 4
each, every, various

Top: upturned foot or crossed legs , below: mouth (here: futon/cushion)
Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.
JLPT HSK 4
I or me, we (including the person spoken to)
zán, zá
Left: mouth , right: self (The accented eye shows the own self.)
The mouth itself, that is me.
JLPT HSK 4
to negate, to deny, not, evil
fǒu, pǐ
Top: not (Four strokes are not enough!), below: mouth
A "not" out of a mouth is: a negation.
JLPT HSK 4
regulation, rule, order, procedure
chéng
Left: rice plant , right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth at the king to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!
JLPT HSK 4
cough
hāi, ké
Left: mouth , right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
Out of his mouth he grunts like a pig: he coughs!
JLPT HSK 4
life, fate, order or command
mìng
Left: mouth , top/right: order, command (A lid on the bent person, was ordered)
The mouth orders to live.
JLPT HSK 4
salted, salty
xián
Inside: mouth , rest: 11th branch of earth (a halberd ) (cf. maybe )
The taste is for the person (= & ) in the mouth like a halberd such salty
JLPT HSK 4
cough
sòu
Left: mouth , right: (bundle [a mouth behind a tree], lack [A yawning person is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning person: that is cough.
JLPT HSK 5
to yell, to shout, to call out for (a person)
hǎn
Left: mouth , right: salty (The taste is for the person (= & ) in the mouth like a halberd such salty)
In his mouth he had such much salt that he yelled and shouted.
JLPT HSK 5
to call together, to summon, to convene
shào, zhào
Top: sword , bottom: mouth
With the sword and mouth they were called together.
JLPT HSK 5
hard, strong, solid, undoubtedly

Outside frame , but here: mouth , inside: old (= tomb stone). [Some things like the meat of old animals or full-grown vegetable becomes hard with age.]
In the mouth old things taste: hard. [In contrast: In the mouth have young things (= this is "not yet ") a special taste 味]
JLPT HSK 5
laughter, yawn
hā, hǎ
Left: mouth , right: to fit (The lid on the pot ), here: person , one , mouth )
The mouths of the persons laughing like one mouth : is loud laughter
JLPT HSK 5
to open, to start, to initiate, to awaken

Left: sliding door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), right: mouth (here: entrance)
The sliding door is the entrance, where it (= the inner) starts and opens.
JLPT HSK 5
foolish, stupid, expressionless
dāi
Top: mouth , below: tree
A mouth eating a tree is foolish.
JLPT HSK 5
gather up, collect, edit, compile

Left: vehicle (車= cart from above with axle , load-area wheels ), right: whisper 咠 (from the mouth to the ear - But here: =1 parking space and =3 parking spaces)
If the vehicles are not each in one space, but in (a group of) three, they are gathered up.
JLPT HSK 5
to blow, puff, boast, brag
chuī
Left: mouth , right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth., namely good manners)
If the 'out-of-the-mouth" is lacking sth, it is just blowing.
JLPT HSK 5
to contain (in the mouth), to suck
hán
Top: now (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!), bottom: mouth
Now the mouth contains it.
JLPT HSK 5
to frighten, to scare, terrify
xià
Left: mouth , right: down(wards)
The mouth is directed downwards when you frighten someone.
JLPT HSK 5
product, goods, kind
pǐn
3

Three boxes with goods.
JLPT HSK 5
goodness, benevolent, well-disposed, improve
shàn
From top: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), stand , mouth
A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent.
JLPT HSK 5
equipment, device, tool, utensil

Four mouths , dog (Here: a big with an accent for emphasis as a "very big")
For four mouths you need a very big equipment.
JLPT HSK 5
to vomit, to throw up, to spit
tǔ, tù
Left: mouth , right: earth/ground
From his mouth to the ground he disgorged the vomit.
JLPT HSK 5
to bite, to nip
yǎo
Left: mouth , right: exchange, crossing (six crosses )
The mouth is in exchange (with the food) at every bite.
JLPT HSK 5
ton (measure of weight), tonnage
dūn
Left: mouth (here: container), right: barracks (Where previously plants and sprouts pierced the soil , they build barracks. )
The container for the barracks weights one ton.
JLPT HSK 5
to spout, to spray, to spurt, to puff
pēn, pèn
Left: mouth , right: 贲 (grasses/thirty , money )
The mouth spouts 30x money.
JLPT HSK 5
kiss, to kiss
wěn
Left: mouth , right: 'do not' (shows sun shine)
The mouth shines when you kiss.
JLPT HSK 5
to quarrel, to make a noise, disturbing
chǎo
Left: mouth , right: few/little (A small stroke is too few.)
With your mouth you can make a little quarrel and noise.
JLPT HSK 5
(a groaning sound being surprised), Hmmm!
ǹg, ńg
Left: mouth , right: favor, kindness 恩 (The reason is in his heart , that he is that kind.)
The mouth makes after that kindness sounds of surprise.
JLPT HSK 5
'oh dear' or grunt/sigh of agreement, 'yes'
āi, ài
Left: mouth , right: end-particle (Ìf the nose is hit by an arrow , it is the end.) [arrow = An arrow in the sky ]
The mouth gives at the end: the approval.
JLPT HSK 5
to kidnap/to shanghai, to turn, crutch, cane
guǎi
Left: hand , right: another (If it doesn't work with words , you have to try it with force : That's sth. different.)
I feel a hand over my mouth and a force - I am kidnapped!
JLPT HSK 5
only, alone, sole, -ism
wéi
Left: mouth , right: bird
(A choros of birds twittering is seldom:) The mouth of a bird (sings) only alone.
JLPT HSK 5
hey!, why?, look out!, How dare you!
āi
Left: mouth , right: phonetic "āi" 艾 (like AIDS 艾滋病)
From the mouth an "āi" as interjection of surprise "hey!"
JLPT HSK 5
ancient, old, paleo-

Ten and mouth . ( was derived from the image of a skull, therefore the meaning of old. Helpful is also the image of a grave mound)
Below the tomb stone is lying the 'old'.
JLPT HSK 5
to consult, seek advice

Top: next/following (ice is lacking , what comes next?) ( = The yawning person has a lack [of manners]), bottom: mouth
Next, use your mouth to consult.
JLPT HSK 5
dyke, embankment, pool or pond, hot-water bathing pool
táng
广
Left: earth , right: Tang dynasty 唐 (In the building 广 the hand with pestle and mortar during Tang)
If by earth a "building" is made by hand as a surrounding mouth, it is a: dyke (embarkment) for a pond.
JLPT HSK 5
wisdom, philosophy, wise
zhé
Top: to break (.. by hand or with an axe ), bottom: mouth
Even broken, the mouth utters wisdom.
JLPT HSK 5
throat, voice
sǎng
Left: mouth , right: mulberry tree 桑 (three times hand , harvesting in the tree )
The mouths when harvesting in the mulberry tree (are singing) with full throat.
JLPT HSK 5
sneeze

Left: mouth , right: fall, stumble 疐 (Person falling from a roof into a field , but correctly /)
Out of the 'mouth' is falling sth., when sneezing.
JLPT HSK 6
to swallow, drink, absorb
tūn
Top: sky , below: mouth
Like from the sky and through the mouth, when: swallowing.
JLPT HSK 6
to string together, chain, to conspire
chuàn
Twice mouth or pearl, a tread (or needle)
Two pearls on a string form a chain.
JLPT HSK 6
to shout, to call
huàn
Left: mouth , right: great (shows a woman giving birth; better recognizable in the traditional: 喚 with: head , two breasts ハ and spread legs )
Out of the mouth of the woman giving birth are coming: shouts.
JLPT HSK 6
expel breath, (phonetic particle for "A"), my goodness
kē, hē
Left: mouth , right: be possible/can (here: open mouth 'J', where sth. ロ comes out)
Out of the mouth, if it open, sth. comes, when expelling breath.
JLPT HSK 6
lip
chún
Top: early-morning =image of plowing (At the field corner a first line is plowed by the farmer .), bottom: mouth
Like plowed lines at the mouth are: the lips.
JLPT HSK 6
oh (surprise), (interjection, when understanding)
é, ó, ò
Left: mouth , right: I, me (In my hand a halberd and I am myself.)
The mouth of mine shouts "oh" when understanding.
JLPT HSK 6
to groan, to snort, to hum, to croon, humph!
hēng
Left: mouth , right: prosperous (Who makes big/high things to accomplish is prosperous.) [ = The still arm-less child should be completed.]
Out of the mouth below the nose , this mouth , comes out a groan.
JLPT HSK 6
sigh, gasp, exclaim
tàn
Left: mouth , right: hand
The mouth should be (covered) with the hand, when: sighing.
JLPT HSK 6
to gasp, to pant, asthma
chuǎn
Left: mouth , right: concentrated (like a mountain of beards )
The mouth is concentrated/focused: when gasping.
JLPT HSK 6
recite, to moan, to hum
yín
Left: mouth , right: now (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!)
The mouth will now start reciting.
JLPT HSK 6
narrow pass, throat, pharynx, to swallow
yān, yàn, yè
Left: mouth (here: entrance, inlet), right: reason, cause (For the fence around the tall person is a reason.)
The inlet defines (= is the reason for) a narrow pass such as: the throat.
JLPT HSK 6
to hang up, hang a person, suspend (agreement)
diào
Top: mouth (here: crane or winch), below: fabric/cloth
The crane is using a fabric for hanging things and make them suspended.
JLPT HSK 6
What?, dialectal equivalent of 什么
shá
Left: mouth , right: house, home 舍 (The particular cover under which I become old , is my home.)
The mouth sees the home and asks: What?
JLPT HSK 6
to order, instruct, command

Left: mouth , right: hand over, deliver (... from a person to a skillful hand )
By mouth handing over sth., namely: the order.
JLPT HSK 6
throat, larynx
hóu
Left: mouth , right: marquis (The person to whom another person with an arrow bows down, is a marquis.)
Also the mouth of a marquis ends in a throat.
JLPT HSK 6
to submit, to petition, to show, to offer
chéng
Top: mouth , bottom: king
With your mouth [Or: a document ] at the king to submit sth.
JLPT HSK 6
silent, hush, shhh!, implore, whoa!
xū, yù, yū
Left: mouth , right: in, at, to, from, (= umbrella 伞, with a handle and keeps dry )
A mouth as 'behind an umbrella' is: silent and hushes.
JLPT HSK 6
roar or howl of an animal, bellow of rage
hǒu
Left: mouth , right: dwellings, Confucius (A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.), here: variant of breast, milk 乳
A baby's mouth that wants milk 乳 is roaring.
JLPT HSK 6
lucky, giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Top: scholar , below: mouth (This character is a simplification of happy , where the scholar has beans in the mouth and is happy)
The scholar's mouth wishes good luck.
JLPT HSK 6
admonish, to urge, to enjoin, to implore
zhǔ
Left: mouth , right: species, category (It has buttock , an accent , so this insect with additional long legs is a special species.)
(There are always the same troublemakers.) With the mouth this species shall be admonished.
JLPT HSK 6
Sentence-final particle as exclamation
lā, la
Left: mouth , right: pull (string instrument) 拉
With my mouth, the hand and my standpoint I make an exclamation at the sentence-final.
JLPT HSK 6
to shout, bellow, blurt out, be noisy
rǎng
Left: mouth , right: to help, assist (For covering both wells with cloth , I need help)
When you use the mouth to get help, you need to shout.
JLPT HSK 6
a metaphor, analogy, simile, allegory, to describe sth. as

Left: mouth , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The 'mouth' stands for 'assent'. This is a metaphor or analogy.
JLPT HSK 6
to exaggerate, empty, in vain, Tang-Dynasty
táng
广
Outside: building 广, below: hand 肀, with pestle , mortar
Buildings in which a hand uses a mortar were exaggerated in Tang China???
JLPT HSK 6
oral instructions, to order
fēn
Left: mouth , right: to divide (... with the sword in 8 pieces)
The mouth is dividing (or sharing) when giving (oral) instructions.
JLPT HSK 6
to hiss, to whistle
xiào
Left: mouth , right: respectful 肃 (here: hand grapping the tail of a four legged animal.)
The mouth's sounded (when he seized the animal's tail) a hiss. (when it was caught 逮)
JLPT HSK 6
to sneer, ridicule to mock, twitter
cháo, zhāo
Left: mouth , right: morning, dynasty (sun rises between plants , moon ) [Sunset is: ]
The mouth that says at sunrise, that it was the moon, is: sneering me.
JLPT HSK 6
button, buckle, to fasten, discount (money), to cover
kòu
Left: hand , right: mouth (here: buttonhole)
With the hand at the buttonhole you can button or draw your discount.
JLPT HSK 6
modal particle indicating that sth is obvious
ma
Left: mouth , right: hemp (The building 广 in the forest is for the hemp)
(Proof of drug abuse) In his mouth he still had the hemp and so it was obvious.
JLPT HSK 6
mute, (onomat.)dumb, hoarse, husky
yā, yǎ
Left: mouth , right: relatively weak (Put a plank on the volcanic vent because is relatively weak.)
A mouth that is rather weak is mute or hoarse.
JLPT HSK 6
sentry, lookout post, a whistle
shào
Left: mouth , right: alike, resemble (Small bodies are alike.)
(You do not need a strong body to sound the alarm:) He has a mouth, but a small body: The sentry.
JLPT HSK 6
hey (exclamation of surprise)
hēi
Left: mouth , right: black (The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black.)
"Your mouth is black", he exclaimed in surprise.
JLPT HSK 6
Wow!, sound of child's crying or of vomiting
wā, wa
Comprises: to vomit 吐 (From his mouth to the ground he disgorged his vomit) with an extra earth ) [Or: heaps of earth ]
To vomit on the ground sounds like crying or vomiting.
JLPT HSK 6
clamor, noise, crashing sound
huā, huá
Left: mouth , right: magnificent, flowery 华 (The change makes it tenfold as magnificent)
It comes out of the mouth "magnificently", this: clamor.
JLPT HSK 6
roar of laughter, to deceive, to coax, disturbance
hōng, hǒng, hòng
Left: mouth , right: together (Put the plants on the table together.)
The mouths together can roar in laughter (but also deceive).
JLPT HSK 6
twitter, to cry (of birds), resonance
míng
Left: mouth , right: bird 鸟/ (pictogram of a bird with claws )
The mouth of the bird is twittering.
JLPT HSK 6
master, lord, gentleman, ruler
jūn
Top: (A hand holding a stick ), below: mouth
The one with a stick in his hand strikes on somebody`s mouth, because he is: the master/lord.
JLPT HSK 6
sting (mosquito, bee), to urge insistently
dīng
Left: mouth , right: nail
A mouth like a nail is: the sting of a mosquito.
JLPT HSK 6
sound of wind, trompet, horn
lā, lǎ
Left: mouth , right: (bundle [Plants / like sheafs of rice (cf. ), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle], knife )
From the mouth a bundle of cutting (sounds): The trompet!
JLPT HSK 6
to smell, to sniff, to nose
xiù
Left: mouth , right: smell/stink/smack 臭 (His ego is like a dog that it stinks.) [ = The big man holds it in his arms.]
With open mouth the stink can be smelled.
JLPT HSK 6
sound of trumpet, horn or sharp noise (gunfire etc)

Left: mouth , right: eight
From a "mouth" that widens [towards the lower end] like an eight comes the "sound of a trumpet".
JLPT HSK 6
to chew
jiáo, jué
Left: mouth , right: nobility 爵 (A hand takes the plates 罒(=) to serve food skillfully to the nobility.)
Also the mouths of the nobility chew.
JLPT HSK 6
clamor, noise, deceitful
xuān
Left: mouth , right: announce (At the roof [= highest point] with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.)
When the mouth announces, it clamors.
JLPT HSK 6
the chirping of birds or insects, noise, clamor, buzzing
zào
Left: mouth , right: to gather (3 beaks [of birds] in a tree )
The mouths of the gathered birds in the tree make a chirping.
JLPT HSK 6
breast feeding, feed, eat

Left: mouth , right: just now (A hand for holding an item is what I need [to use: = A fence can be used] just now)
The mouth starts just now with breast feeding.
JLPT HSK 6
particle for question: Why? How? What?, to bite, loud
zǎ, zé, zhà, zhā
Left: mouth , right: suddenly (The saw fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The mouth asks suddenly: Why?
JLPT HSK 6
garrulous, prattle, to receive the benefit of
dāo, tāo
Left: mouth , right: sword
The mouth cuts like a sword, when being: garrulous.
JLPT HSK 6
vomit
ǒu
Left: mouth , right: area, distict (here: open mouth with sth. coming out)
The mouth is open and sth. is coming out when vomiting.
JLPT HSK 6
groan, moan
shēn
Left: mouth , right: to say, explain (A mouth with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when explaining.)
The mouth just says: one groan.
JLPT HSK 6
throat
lóng
Left: mouth , right: dragon (The outstanding, emphasized person / has a broken leg with a dragon )
Like the mouth of a dragon appears his throat.
JLPT HSK 6
saliva, to spit
tuò
Left: mouth , right: suspend/drop (A vehicle 車 with a loose tire that almost drops off)
From the mouth drops the saliva.
JLPT HSK 6
suck
suō
Left: mouth , right: 索 (ten , cover , thread )
The mouth can cover from above (tenfold??) and it appears thread-like (when using a drinking-straw?) to suck.
JLPT HSK 6
to seize, order or search to arrest sb.

Left: thread 纟/, right: 咠 (mouth , ear )
Like threads are the (inquiries) from mouths to ears when wanting to seize sb.
JLPT HSK 6
tremble, quiver, to shiver (of cold)
duō
Left: mouth , right: many
The mouth makes many (sounds) when trembling.
JLPT HSK 6
Hey!, Hi!
hāi
Left: mouth , right: ocean, sea 海 (Water is in every ocean. [every = every person has a mother .])
A mouth like an ocean yells: Hey!
JLPT HSK 6
upright and honest, cheerful, to talk smoothly
kǎn
Left: person , right: mouth , river
(He talks a lot:) The person with a mouth like a river is: upright and honest.
JLPT HSK 6
to gnaw, to nibble, to bite
kěn
Left: mouth , right: to agree 肯 (Stop that body if you agree.)
The mouth stops only, when from the body (everything) is: gnawed.
JLPT HSK 6
to chatter, gossip, nag
láo
Left: mouth , right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants into a flat top layer requires strength and that you struggle)
For the mouth it is a struggle to chatter.
JLPT HSK 6
noisy, clamorous, bustling, tumultuous
cáo
Left: mouth , right: class/group (The seedlings from the field are tied-up and put into baskets for: classification)
Sounds (= what comes out of the mouth) of the same class is considered to be noise.
JLPT HSK 6
to chew, to masticate

Left: mouth , right: further/moreover (=pile of stones, but here: open mouth with teeth at top and bottom and with a central gap)
The mouth is with open teeth when: chewing.
JLPT HSK 6
stingy
lìn
Top: language, culture (Image of a folding table for writing a text.), bottom: mouth
A cultivated mouth can be stingy.
JLPT HSK 6
(final exclamatory particle)
luō
Left: mouth , right: sift (With the net 罒 until the evening whe have to sift it.)
The mouth is sifted with this exclamation.
JLPT HSK 6
to instigate, incite, to stir up
suō
Left: mouth , right: to dawdle (nose , legs , upturned foot )
Mouth, nose, legs and an upturned foot: That shall instigate?
JLPT HSK 6
to hold between the teeth, ...in the mouth
diāo
Left: mouth , right: wicked, artful (variation of sword )
In the mouth are the teeth ⌝, between which I hold something .
JLPT HSK 6
sorrow, grief, pity, to lament, to condole
āi
Top and bottom: clothes , center: a big hole
Clothes with a central hole causes: sorrow.
JLPT no HSK
to inherit, succession (to a title), continuing a tradition

Left: mouth , book/volume (bundle of bamboo writing tablets), Right: civil servant, administration (... where sb. is sitting in a corner ⌝ throwing a sheet of paper in the wastebasket )
(For its documentation:) You need a mouth or a document (last will) and an official (notary) for an inheritance.
JLPT no HSK
sack, purse, pocket (for money)
náng
Top & bottom: to help, assistance (For covering of both (two pieces ) wells with cloth , I need help.), middle: mouth (=enclosure) and roof
It helps as an enclosing cover: The sack
JLPT no HSK
child's cry, draw back corners of mouth
liē, liě
Left: mouth , right: row (wicked [bar bone] is exposed with a knife in a row [i.e. backbone])
If the mouth is (long as) a row: it is crying.
JLPT no HSK
(final particle when sth is obvious), to cough up
gē, lo, luò, kǎ
Left: mouth , right: every (Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody)
(The sound of) a mouth, of every, is: coughing
JLPT no HSK
startled, astonished
è
Left: feelings , right: jaw (two teeth , tongue , lower jaw )
The feeling of a jaw wide open is: being startled.
JLPT no HSK
hiss, neigh, Ss! (sucked between the teeth, when hesitating or thinking)

Left: mouth , right: this (A grain scoop threshes like THIS axe )
The sound ("what comes out of the mouth") of a grain scoop or a axe is a: hiss or 'Ss!'
JLPT no HSK
onomat. buzz (of bees), hum, drone
wēng
Left: mouth , right: elderly man 翁 (Publicly wearing wings is sth. for elderly men)
(A sound) as if from a mouth, gets public by the wings, when: buzzing.
JLPT no HSK
apricot
xìng
Top: tree , bottom: mouth
(The storage life is limited.) From the tree straight into the mouth: The apricot.
JLPT no HSK
mumble, mutter, murmur

Left: mouth , right: old (originally: skull - better the image of a tomb stone)
A mouth that became old, can only: mumble.
JLPT no HSK
(of mice) to squeak, (of small birds) to chirp /peep

Left: mouth , right: twig, support (hand that holds a twig )
The sound (= "what comes out of the mouth") of twigs in a hand is like: a squeak
JLPT no HSK
(sound) bang

Left: mouth , right: to slap, to pat 拍 (The hand is white from slapping)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a slap is: bang!
JLPT no HSK
mile (=1,609 m), this (Cantonese)
lī, li, lǐ
Left: mouth (here: circumference), right: village, neighborhood (Fields and earth belong to a village)
The circumference of my village is: one mile.
JLPT no HSK
laugh, giggle

Left: mouth , right: to be happy (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.)
When the mouth is happy, it is laughing.
JLPT no HSK
toot, honk, to pout

Left: mouth , right: entirely, capital 都 (The persons from the village come all to the capital.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of the capital is the: toot.
JLPT no HSK
cackling sound, creak, crunch
gā, gǎ
Left: Mouth , right: 戛 (Vari. of: head, shoulder [= head with shoulders and eyebrows ], halbard )
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling.
JLPT no HSK
I see!, Oh!
ō
Left: mouth , right: building, house 屋 (His buttocks reaches the house)
The mouth like a building says: I see!
JLPT no HSK
mumble in repetition
nán
Left: mouth , right: south (It costs ten Yen ¥, for the entrance towards the south .)
The mouth is directed to the south (= downwards) when mumbling.
JLPT no HSK
to knock, to kowtow
kòu
Left: mouth , right: bent person
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a bent person is a knocking. (e.g. with the walking stick on the ground)
JLPT no HSK
battle cry, sentence-final particle
nà, na
Left: mouth , right: inside (The included person is inside.)
The mouth shouts: "I want to come inside!" as a battle cry.
JLPT no HSK
roar, bark (of animals), to pant
xiāo
Left: mouth , right: filial obedience (... An old man with a stick/cane teaches them to a child )
The mouth with filial obedience: roars.
JLPT no HSK
to cry, to weep aloud, to crow, to hoot

Left: mouth , right: emperor (He stands and is covered with cloth )
The mouths will do it for the emperor: to cry and weep.
JLPT no HSK
sound of coughing or vomiting

Left: mouth , right: guest (Under the roof is everybody sitting cross-legged on a cushion our guest)
His mouth is covering everybody , when: coughing.
JLPT no HSK
bright, brilliant, clear
jiǒng
Left: fire , right: 冋 (here: wall with a window )
A fire or a window can make it bright.
JLPT no HSK
I, my

Top: five , bottom: mouth
Five times my mouth emphasized myself.
JLPT no HSK
boom (of a drum), a thumping sound
dōng
Left: mouth , right: winter (With an upturned foot on the ice - it's winter.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when sb. with an upturned foot is falling on the ice is: boom!
JLPT no HSK
area comprising southern Jiangsu

Top: mouth , bottom: sky
A mouth above sky in Jiagsu.
JLPT no HSK
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones


Two mouths as airholes of a flute.
JLPT no HSK
exhale, hiss

Left: mouth , right void, emptiness (The tiger's hole is void.) [ = hollow volcanic vent]
The sound (= what comes out of a mouth) from the tiger's hole is a: hiss.
JLPT no HSK
distressed, embarrassed
jiǒng
Left: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), right: monarch/lord (He strikes with a stick in a hand on a mouth )
When you report about the hole to the lord, you are: distressed.
JLPT no HSK
clamor, screaming, noise, rampant
xiāo
Four mouths , a head 页/ (with shoulders and eyebrows )
Mouths screaming on all sides of your head, is a: clamor.
JLPT no HSK
addicted to, fond of, preference, (word's end ...-phil)
shì
Left: mouth , right: old man (old, experienced [old man , sitting person ], sun )
(He likes eating?) By the mouth has the old man his preferences: his addiction.
JLPT no HSK
throat, to utter
háng
Left: mouth , right: overbearing (The sturdy navigator known from navigation 航 with a broad neck and wearing a cap.)
The noise (= what comes out of a mouth) an utter of the throat.
JLPT no HSK
Oh! (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation)
yo
Left: mouth , right: contract, agreement (The thread 纟 at the ladle reminds to the contract.)
The mouth can (according to its contract) say "Oh!"
JLPT no HSK
expression of surprise: ah! oh!

Left: mouth , right: barbarians (They have big bows : The barbarians)
The exclamation (when viewing) barbarians is: ah! oh!
JLPT no HSK
incantation, magic spell, curse, malediction
zhòu
Top: 2x mouth , bottom: table
Two huge eyes and a mouth drawn down during: an incantation.
JLPT no HSK
county, canton, region
jùn
Left: monarch, lord (He strikes with a stick in the hand on a mouth ), right: village
The lord and the village determine the county.
JLPT no HSK
grumble, chatter

Left: mouth , right: stupid and clumsy (Putting the fish 鱼/ in the sun is stupid and clumsy.)
The sounds (= what comes out of the mouth) of sb. clumpy is: a grumble.
JLPT no HSK
Cantonese, Guangdong 广东
yuè
Top: container with a handle and rice , bottom: winding seaweed
Here's the island Hong Kong, which became rich from rice , while the rest had only water plants : the district of Canton.
JLPT no HSK
a tiger's roar, to scare, bluff, to intimidate

Left: mouth , right: tiger 虎 = and (negotiating) table
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) is a tiger's roar at the negotiating table, when scaring or bluffing.
JLPT no HSK
hiccup, hiccough, to cheat or dupe (Cantonese)
è
Left: mouth , right: distress (Below the cliff a crouching person is in distress.)
The mouth is distressed by a hiccup.
JLPT no HSK
to show off, to flaunt, to boast
chěng
Left: movement , right: to submit/petition 呈 (With your mouth at the king to submit sth.)
With movements and the mouth (= much talking) at the king to show off.
JLPT no HSK
to scold, shout at, to hoot at
chì
Left: mouth , right: sitting person
With his mouth wide open, he is sitting and scolding.
JLPT no HSK
grumble

Left: mouth , right: table
The mouth is (big) as a table, when: grumbling.
JLPT no HSK
oh (expression of agreement or surprise), not (Cantonese)

Left: mouth , right: I, my
The mouth of mine makes: Oh!
JLPT no HSK
(final particle equivalent to 了)
lóu, lou
Left: mouth (here: an empty field ), right: collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.)
From the field / everything has been collected: We are at the end / finished.
JLPT no HSK
to blame, fault, to punish, calamity, misfortune
jiù
Top: outside, foreign 外 (If you are in the evening [alone] at a fork in the road, you are: an outsider), bottom: mouth
An outsider's mouth blames you.
JLPT no HSK
to bite, to devour
shì
Left: mouth , right: 筮 (bamboo , witch 巫 [She's doing the work of two persons ], here: variant of: sqeeze in )
The mouth, in which bamboo is squeezed in: is biting.
JLPT no HSK
howl, bawl
háo
Left: mouth , right: superior, heroic 豪 (The tall pig is superior and heroic.)
Out of the mouth of the tall pig comes a: howl.
JLPT no HSK
laugh at, jeer, scoff at, sneer at
chī
Left: mouth , right: worm, ignorant 蚩 (below the mountain , insect )
The mouth (sees), that the mountain is like one insect and: laughs (about the ignorant worm)
JLPT no HSK
onomat. for humming or whimpering

Left: mouth , right: crow, rook 乌 (variation of bird 鸟 (=)
The mouth of the eye-less bird is humming and whimpering.
JLPT no HSK
dirt, disgrace
gòu
Left: earth , right: empress, behind 后 (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor. shows: buttocks with anus for: "behind": The one following 'behind' is the empress.)
What comes to the ground from the buttocks' anus, is: dirt.
JLPT no HSK
minor government official or functionary (old)

Center: mouth ; rest: big person with wide lateral step measures length unit: zhàng (=3.3m)
The person who measures with a wide lateral step and announces with mouth is a government official.
JLPT no HSK
backbite

Left: mouth , right: old emperor 啇 (mix of emperor [He stands and is covered with cloth ] and is old )
From the mouth of the old emperor: a backbite.
JLPT no HSK
twitter, chirp
chā
Left: mouth , right: examine 查 (For the trees we need daylight (after sunrise ) for examining them.)
The mouths (= beaks) in the trees after sunrise are: twittering.
JLPT no HSK
sound to call cat

Left: mouth , right: rice
(The cats hunt in the rice because there are the mice:) The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of the rice (= the barn) is a: miaow!
JLPT no HSK
aggressive, noise of rage, to cry out in anger
duō
Left: mouth , right: to come out (Two mountains coming out one after the other)
When the mouth 'comes out', you are: aggressive.
JLPT no HSK
to roar
páo
Left: mouth , right: enwrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)
The mouth is like enwrapped, when: roaring.
JLPT no HSK
unlucky, bad, ill-omened, startling
è
Four mouths and in the middle: king
If four mouths (talk to) the king, he is: unlucky.
JLPT no HSK
to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
qiāng, qiàng
Left: Mund , right: warehouse (Under the pointed roof is a roll of cloth in the warehouse) [Here: as a slumped person]
The mouth turns the person into a slumped person because he chokes (due to wrong swallowing)
JLPT no HSK
to bark
fèi
Left: mouth , right: dog (The big man holds in his arms: a dog )
The mouth of the dog barks.
JLPT no HSK
to peck
zhuó
Left: mouth , right: stabbed pig (but here: pig with some food )
The mouth of the pig sees between the feet some food and pecks it.
JLPT no HSK
heavy breathing, sound of escaping laughter, to water

Left: mouth , right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow things the orchid grows and the person takes it out of the: thicket)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when a tray with things || is loaded onto a sheep that it goes to its knees is a: heavy breath.
JLPT no HSK
to sing, to recite poetry, chant
yǒng
Left: mouth , right: forever (I emphasise water has been forever.)
Out of the mouth, forever: reciting poetry.
JLPT no HSK
crying sound of child

Left: mouth , right: melon (Image of a melon hanging from a frame.)
The mouth (open) like a melon, when: crying.
JLPT no HSK
to despair, absent-minded

Left: mouth (here: container), right: (plant , fit (The lid on the pot )
Whether in the container the plants would fit makes him despair.
JLPT no HSK
to greet by raising clasped hands

Left: hand , right: 咠 (mouth and ear )
You clasp the hands, speak (= ) and hear: when greeting.
JLPT no HSK
to be angry at, to be displeased and annoyed
chēn
Left: mouth , right: really, truly (The ten eyes see that the table is truely real.) [tool = The eye sees on the table a tool]
(The feeling of anger is often not fake:) The mouth is truly real when it is angry.
JLPT no HSK
to shout, to bawl, to yell (to urge on an animal)
yāo
Left: mouth , right: thread 纟/
Out of the mouth like (a single) thread: The shout.
JLPT no HSK
garrulous, mumble, to grumble, to mutter
nóng
Left: mouth , right: peasant (he wears a cover at the clothes [because he has to go out in any weathers])
The mouth of the peasant is garrulous.
JLPT no HSK
sound of breaking or snapping
chā
Left: mouth , right: investigate 察 (When there is a cover over the sacrificial item on the alter , it is to be investigated.) [ = The body / is put by hand on the altar as sacrifice]
The mouth must be investigated if it makes cracking sounds.
JLPT no HSK
sound of gasping, ripping or giggling
chī
Left: mouth , right: red (When earth (clay) is burned , the pottery becomes red.)
When his mouth is red, he is gasping.
JLPT no HSK
flowing flood, to chatter
dié
Left: mouth , right: (generation , tree )
With his mouth he sits since generations in the tree and chatters like a flood.
JLPT no HSK
distant
jiǒng
Left: movement , right: 冋 (here: wall with a window )
When watching a movement out of a window, it appears to be distant.
JLPT no HSK
phonetic: ga

Left: mouth , right: interrogation (= The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of an interrogation is: ga.
JLPT no HSK
choke
gěng
Left: mouth , right: further, more over (The sun goes with each unit of length further and more) [ = big person with a wide step]
If the mouth takes in even further more, it must: choke.
JLPT no HSK
to click one's tongue (in wonder or astonish)

Left: mouth , right: responsibility (Growing plants and money /貝 mean a responsibility.)
The mouth with phonetic pronounciation 'zé' as used at: 'responsibility' stands for tongue-snapping.
JLPT no HSK
to suck
shǔn
Left: mouth , right: to permit, to allow 允 (Who has a nose and legs shall be permitted.)
The mouth permits to: suck.
JLPT no HSK
clatter (of horses' hoofs)

Left: mouth , right: to attain, to reach 达 (Who wants sth. big and moves/endevours can attain.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when you reach something is: the hoof's clatter.
JLPT no HSK
whooshing sound, swishing, rustle of skirts
sōu
Left: mouth , right: old gentleman (leans with hands E, on stick , which serves as 3rd hand .)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of an old man is: whooshing.
JLPT no HSK
(used as phonetic "ka")
kā, kǎ
Left: mouth , right: to be stuck, blocked 卡 (from top and bottom )
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) with the pronounciation of 卡 is: 'kǎ'.
JLPT no HSK
to splash, pump water, to whisper, to mutter

Left: mouth , right: immediate, prompt 即 (Not good , this person should bow down, immediately!)
The mouth is not good, when during 'bowing down' sth. is: splashing out.
JLPT no HSK
Oh! (exclamation of surprise)
ō
Left: mouth , right: obscure (Under the roof is rice in big quantities, which is obscure)
The mouth says "obscure", with the exclamation of surprise.
JLPT no HSK
(interj. of disapproval), Oh, no!
ǎi, ài
Left: mouth , right: love (When I reach down through a cover to my friend , then because of love.)
The mouth shouts as a hand (hits) from above the friend's cover (= hat): No! Don't!.
JLPT no HSK
to spit (in contempt), pah!, bah!, pooh!
pēi
Left: mouth , right: great (Here: not and floor __)
Out of the mouth it should not on the ground __, when: spitting out!
JLPT no HSK
sigh
jiē
Left: mouth , right: difference (A sheep with a bent leg and a craftsman : what a difference!)
The sound [= what comes out of the mouth] of the sheep with the crooked leg at work was: a sigh.
JLPT no HSK
to choke (on), to choke up, suffocate

Left: mouth , right: one (anti-fraud) 壹 (scholar , cover & Bohne )
If something is in the mouth and covers with wide arms (= ) like a bean, you have to choke.
JLPT no HSK
particle indicating necessity or obviousness
bài
Left: mouth , right: money /貝
The mouth says it for money: That is obvious.
JLPT no HSK
(interjection expressing surprise): Oh!, Yo!

Left: mouth , right: give birth, educate (The new born baby [=child upside down, as head first at birth] has a body , that is born and raised.)
The exclamation (= what comes out of the mouth) at a birth is: Oh!
JLPT no HSK
beak, snout, to pant
huì
Left: mouth , right: 彖 (mouth with pig )
A mouth and a pig's mouth stand for: beak, snout.

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