Mouth radical 口 (kǒu): 147 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Mouth radical 口 (kǒu): 147 characters口 (kǒu) is Kangxi radical no. 30, “mouth”. In this form it is written with 3 strokes.口 (kǒu) marks speaking, eating and sounds - and it is the usual sign of sentence particles such as 吗 (ma), 吧 (ba) and 呢 (ne).The characters range from 3 to 22 strokes. 28 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 23 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 口 (kǒu) mouth / opening / entrance, 号 (hào) number / date, 叫 (jiào) be called / call / shout, 吃 (chī) eat.Characters with this radical3 strokes

口 (kǒu) - mouth / opening / entrance

5 strokes

号 (hào) - number / date

叫 (jiào) - be called / call / shout

可 (kě) - (prefix) can

司 (sī) - to take charge of

只 (zhǐ) - only

右 (yòu) - right / right side

句 (jù) - sentence

史 (shǐ) - history

另 (lìng) - other

台 (tái) - platform

叶 (yè) - leaf, page

古 (gǔ) - ancient / old / past

召 (zhào) - to call together

叭 (bā) - trumpet

叨 (dāo) - talkative

叼 (diāo) - to hold with one's mouth

叮 (dīng) - to sting or bite

叹 (tàn) - to sigh

6 strokes

吃 (chī) - eat

后 (hòu) - back / behind / after

吗 (ma) - question particle (yes/no)

名 (míng) - name

同 (tóng) - like

合 (hé) - to close

向 (xiàng) - towards / face / direction

各 (gè) - each / every / various

吸 (xī) - to breathe

吊 (diào) - a string of 100 cash (arch.)

吓 (hè) - to scare

吉 (jí) - lucky, propitious, good

吐 (tǔ) - to spit

吏 (lì) - government official, magistrate

吁 (xū) - alas

7 strokes

吧 (ba) - particle: suggestion / "…right?"

听 (tīng) - listen

告 (gào) - to say

员 (yuán) - person

吹 (chuī) - to blow

否 (fǒu) - no, not, un-

吵 (chǎo) - quarrel / noisy / make noise

吨 (dūn) - ton (loanword)

含 (hán) - to keep in the mouth

呀 (ya) - particle used to express surprise

呈 (chéng) - to petition, to submit

呆 (dāi) - foolish

启 (qǐ) - to open

吞 (tūn) - to swallow

吩 (fēn) - to order, to command

吼 (hǒu) - to roar

君 (jūn) - monarch

吭 (kēng) - throat

吝 (lìn) - stingy

呐 (nà) - to raise one's voice

呕 (ǒu) - vomit

呛 (qiàng) - to irritate the nose

吻 (wěn) - kiss

呜 (wū) - the sound of someone crying or sobbing

吟 (yín) - to sing, to hum

8 strokes

和 (hé) - and / with

呢 (ne) - particle: "and…?"

咖 (kā) - coffee

周 (zhōu) - week

呼 (hū) - to call

命 (mìng) - life

味 (wèi) - taste

哎 (āi) - hey!

咐 (fù) - to instruct

呵 (hē) - expel breath

咙 (lóng) - throat

鸣 (míng) - a bird call or animal cry

呻 (shēn) - to moan, to groan

咀 (zuǐ) - to chew

9 strokes

哪 (nǎ) - which / where

响 (xiǎng) - to sound

咱 (zán) - we, us

咳 (ké) - to cough

品 (pǐn) - (bound form) article

咸 (xián) - salty

哈 (hā) - (interj.) ha!

骂 (mà) - to scold

咬 (yǎo) - to bite

咨 (zī) - to consult

哇 (wā) - wow! (exclamation)

哀 (āi) - sad, mournful, pitiful

哆 (duō) - to quiver

哄 (hòng) - tumult

哗 (huá) - uproar, tumult, hubbub

咧 (liē) - to grimace, to grin

哑 (yā) - (onom.) sound of cawing

咽 (yān) - throat

10 strokes

哥 (gē) - elder brother

啊 (a) - (exclamation: ah / oh)

哭 (kū) - cry / weep

唉 (āi) - interjection or grunt of agreement or…

哦 (o) - sentence-final particle that conveys…

哲 (zhé) - wise

哺 (bǔ) - to feed

唇 (chún) - lips

哼 (hēng) - to groan

唤 (huàn) - to call

唠 (lào) - to gossip

哨 (shào) - a whistle

唆 (suō) - to incite

唐 (táng) - Tang dynasty

11 strokes

唱 (chàng) - to sing

商 (shāng) - commerce, business, trade

啡 (fēi) - coffee

啤 (pí) - beer

售 (shòu) - to sell

唯 (wéi) - only

啦 (lā) - (onom.) sound of singing

唬 (hǔ) - to intimidate

啃 (kěn) - to gnaw

唾 (tuò) - saliva

啸 (xiào) - to whistle

12 strokes

喝 (hē) - drink

喂 (wèi) - hello? (on the phone)

喜 (xǐ) - to love

喊 (hǎn) - to yell

善 (shàn) - good (virtuous)

喻 (yù) - metaphor, analogy

喷 (pēn) - to puff

喘 (chuǎn) - to gasp

喉 (hóu) - throat

喇 (lā) - horn, bugle

喧 (xuān) - clamor

喱 (lí) - grain

13 strokes

嗯 (èn) - (nonverbal grunt as interjection)

嗓 (sǎng) - throat

嗜 (shì) - addicted to

嗦 (suō) - to suck

嗅 (xiù) - to smell

14 strokes

嗽 (sòu) - to cough

嘉 (jiā) - excellent

嘛 (má) - (Tw) (coll.) what?

嘈 (cáo) - bustling

15 strokes

嘲 (cháo) - to ridicule

嘿 (hēi) - hey

嘱 (zhǔ) - to instruct, to order, to tell

16 strokes

嘴 (zuǐ) - mouth

器 (qì) - device

噪 (zào) - to chirp

17 strokes

嚏 (tì) - sneeze

20 strokes

嚼 (jiáo) - to chew

嚷 (rǎng) - to shout

22 strokes

囊 (náng) - sack

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License