口, a pictographic character of mouth, serves as semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component mouth 口express things related to mouth, language, actions of mouth, or square things. 口 also can act as phonetic component. Continue reading “Component mouth 口”
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Small mouth 口 or big mouth 囗?
There two radicals 口 and 囗 look very similar but they are not the same. The following is the difference between the radical 口 and the radical 囗. Continue reading “Small mouth 口 or big mouth 囗?”
Characters related with 口 mouth
How to gnaw? Of course with your mouth and teeth. 口(mouth) + 齿(teeth) → 啮(gnaw) niè
What do you wanna keep in your mouth? Of course something delicious or sweet (甘).
What do you feel if you taste something sweet with your tongue? Of course you feel sweet. 舌(tongue) + 甘(sweet/sth. sweet) → 甜(sweet) tián
