口 · kǒu

mouth; opening

Radical pronunciation

Radical summary

#30

Kangxi

3

Strokes

#3

Frequency

Visual hint

A small square shape like an open mouth.

Often relates to the mouth, speech, eating, drinking, or sound.

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Trace the radical, simplified, traditional, and variant forms when available.

口

3 examples

吃

chī

to eat

HSK 1

叫

jiào

to call; to shout

HSK 1

喝

hē

to drink

HSK 1

The radical 口 is one of the easiest radicals to recognize in Chinese characters.

Think of 口 as a mouth opening to speak or eat.

囗: 口 means mouth and is smaller; 囗 is the enclosure radical and often surrounds other components.

What is the radical in the character 吃?