Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 9
口 mouth
- Meaning
- mouth
- On reading
- コウ
- Kun reading
- くち
Memory hook
An open square: an open mouth. It also means an opening of any kind. コウ in compounds, くち on its own. 出口 deguchi, an exit.
Words that use 口
口
くち
mouth
入口
いりぐち
entrance
How to write 口
Stroke order · 3 strokes
1
2
3
- 1. The vertical on the left.
- 2. Horizontal across the top, then turn down on the right side.
- 3. The horizontal across the bottom.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
口 is taught on day 30 of the kanji course, alongside 目 耳 手 足, with two writing passes and a short quiz.