Kanji1 / 3
口 kanji
mouth
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
コウク
Kun readings
くち
Words with 口
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4人口Popularpopulation; common talk
- N3利口Popularclever; intelligent; bright; smart; wise; sensible; shrewd; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
- N2口実Popularexcuse; pretext
- N2火口(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
- N1口述Populardictation; verbal statement
- N1口頭Popularoral; verbal; spoken; parol
- N1閉口Popularto be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be nonplussed; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear; to be annoyed
- N1悪口Popular(verbal) abuse; name-calling; abusive language; insulting remarks
- —開口Popularopening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
- —口径Popularaperture; bore; calibre; caliber
- —口語Popularspoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
- —口座Popularaccount (e.g. bank)
- —口上Popularvocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
- —口論Popularquarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
- —河口Popularmouth of river; estuary
- —口頭弁論Popularoral proceedings; oral pleadings
- —口座番号Popularaccount number (bank, etc.)
- —黄口greenhorn; youthfulness and lack of experience
- —巨口big mouth
- —経口taken by mouth; passed into the body via the mouth; oral