口

音読おんよみ: コウ、ク

訓読くんよみ: くち

画数かくすう: 3

部首ぶしゅ: くち（口）

Meaning

Mouth / Entrance / Speech

  • 入口いりぐち — entrance
  • 出口でぐち — exit
  • 人口じんこう — population
  • 悪口わるぐち — badmouthing; speaking ill
  • 口座こうざ — bank account
  • 口紅くちべに — lipstick

The character “口” is one of the simplest and most common kanji. It often refers to the physical mouth, but also appears in compound words about speech, entrances, and numbers of people.

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