# 口 mouth/small box radical

★★★★★
3 strokes
PK PN SYMBOLIC DUH JERK RADICAL
JERK RADICAL ALERT- although the kanji means 'mouth' the radical sometimes means "box". Irritating but not totally a hassle when you consider that it looks more like a box than a mouth, anyway.

Also, jukugo with 口 tend to be KUNKUN for some reason.

## Onyomi

KOU, KU | - as in, "My KUchi on your COLON . " Disgusting? Yes!. . . but try forgetting this ON-yomi now.

## Mnemonic

| You can think of this as an open mouth, just yelling at you . Always yelling! Again with the yelling JESUS WOULD YOU SHUT UP ALREADY JUST SHUT UP. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. JUST CALL THE COPS. GREAT!

## Kunyomi

くち | mouth ★★★★★

## Jukugo

出口(でぐち) | exit. ★★★★★ KUNKUN 出 (pull out / hand over) + 口 (mouth) = 出口 (exit.)
入り口(いりぐち) | entrance ★★★★☆ NOKURI 入 (put/go in) + 口 (mouth) = 入り口 (entrance) entrance (often shortened to 入口）
悪口(わるぐち) | talking shit about someone. ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN 悪 (bad) + 口 (mouth) = 悪口 (talking shit about someone.)
銀行口座(ぎんこうこうざ) | bank account ★★★☆☆ 銀行 (bank) + 口 (mouth) + 座 (sit) = 銀行口座 (bank account)
口説く(くどく) | pester ★★☆☆☆ 口 (mouth) + 説 (explain) = 口説く (pester) pester someone, usually for sex
人口(じんこう) | population ★★☆☆☆ 人 (person) + 口 (mouth) = 人口 (population)
窓口(まどぐち) | service window ★★☆☆☆ KUNKUN 窓 (window) + 口 (mouth) = 窓口 (service window) the kind of depressing place where you get a ticket or food from a person in a box with usually a bulletproof plexiglas window between you and them.
口実(こうじつ) | pretext ★☆☆☆☆ 口 (mouth) + 実 (truth) = 口実 (pretext) a pretext. Like, "I'm studying to be a preacher, but that's just a pretext for me to meet virgin dudes."

## Used In

- 品
- 言
- 否
- 古
- 叶
- 叱
- 日
- 可
- 亭
- 叫
- 名
- 占
- 喧
- 沿
- 問
- 喋
- 嘘
- 咳
- 唐
- 唱
- 台
- 召
- 加
- 絹
- 熟
- 呼
- 京
- 舌
- 吐
- 塾
- 吉
- 唯
- 足
- 拐
- 保
- 和
- 味
- 塩
- 船
- 卵
- 叩
- 谷
- 別
- 束
- 哲
- 噴
- 害
- 嘆
- 回
- 聖
- 喫
- 中
- 甘
- 兄
- 員
- 西
- 程
- 語
- 悟
- 史
- 呂
- 尚
- 高
- 事
- 君
- 暇
- 隔
- 喚
- 哀
- 告
- 石
- 鳴
- 喜
- 民
- 唇
- 句
- 各
- 吸
- 惑
- 域
- 巨
- 吹
- 号
- 四
- 極
- 尋
- 噂
- 知
- 右
- 呑
- 咲
- 合
- 含
- 命
- 舎
- 倉
- 噛

## Synonyms

persuade 説得 口説く
spicy 辛い 辛口
tone of voice 調子 口調 喋り方