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口
kǒu
1. mouth
2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

口
kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
HSK 3 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

一口
yīkǒu
readily
上口
shàngkǒu
to be able to read aloud fluently
并口
bìngkǒu
parallel port (computing)
串口
chuànkǒu
serial port (computing)
井口
jǐngkǒu
entrance to mine
交口
Jiāokǒu
Jiaokou county in Lüliang [[呂梁|吕梁<Lǚliáng>]], Shanxi [[山西]]
京口
Jīngkǒu
Jingkou district of Zhenjiang city [[鎮江市|镇江市<Zhènjiāngshì>]], Jiangsu
人口
rénkǒu
population
HSK 5
住口
zhùkǒu
shut up
信口
xìnkǒu
to blurt sth out
借口
jièkǒu
to use as an excuse
HSK 5
伤口
shāngkǒu
wound
入口
rùkǒu
entrance
HSK 4
出口
chūkǒu
an exit
HSK 5
刀口
dāokǒu
the edge of a knife
切口
qiēkǒu
incision
切口
qièkǒu
slang
创口
chuāngkǒu
a wound
动口
dòngkǒu
to use one's mouth (to say sth)
反口
fǎnkǒu
to correct oneself

Example Sentences (2)

你家有几口人？
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
How many people are in your family?
Text 1
我家有三口人。
Wǒ jiā yǒu sān kǒu rén.
There are three people in my family.
Text 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
211
Word Frequency Rank
605 of 84,292
Radical Number
30