The radical 口 (kǒu) means “mouth” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters.
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Characters with radical
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吃
(v.) eat | (v.) live on, depend on; to suffer; to withstand; to eliminate, wipe out | (v.) to absorb (liquid); to exhaust, be a strain on
号
(n./m.) order, number; size; date; person of a given type; (used to indicate the number of people) | (n./v.) order; brass wind instrument; bugle call; sign, signal mark; (TCM) to feel (the pulse); to give a number to | (n.) assumed name, literary name; name, title; (old) business house, firm | (v.) to howl, roar; to wail
喝
(v.) drink | (v.) shout loudly
和
(conj.) and | (adj./v./n.) harmonious, friendly; to draw or tie, make peace; (referring to) Japan | (n./prep.) sum; with | (v.) to mix or blend (after adding a liquid to powders/granules) | (v.) to mix and make it sticky (after adding a liquid to powders), to knead (a dough) | (v.) join in the singing; echo what others say | (v.) to win (a mah-jong or card game)
叫
(v.) to shout; to name, to be called; to call or summon | (v.) (of animals) to cry, to scream | (v.) to make ...(do...); to ask, to order; to permit, to allow | (prep.) by (introducing the agent in a passive sentence)
吗
(par.) used at the end of a question or a rhetorical question; used within a sentence to mark a pause | (char.) (not alone; used in the transliteration) drug name (e.g. morphine) | (pro.) (dialect) what
哪
(pro.) which, what, who; whichever, whoever, whatever | (pro.) (expressing negation) how can, how is it possible | (par.) used as 啊 but only after words ending with consonant "n" | (char.) only used in the name of a god in Chinese mythology (see 哪吒) | (pro.) which, what, who; whichever, whoever, whatever
呢
(par.) (used at the end of a declarative sentence) indicating the continuation of an action or situation; marker of a declarative sentence | (char.) woolen (cloth), coating of wool (not used alone) | (par.) marker of a special, alternative or rhetorical question; used to mark a pause in a sentence
听
(v.) listen, hear; obey; allow; hear (a case), administer (state affairs) | (n.) tin, can
喂
(v.) feed (sb); give food to (animals) | (interj.) Hello!
吧
(par.) (at the end of an imperative sentence) adding a softened tone | (v./n.) puff (at a pipe); bar (to drink) | (onomat.) bang, crack (sound of firing gunshot or something breaking) | (par.) (at the end of a declarative sentence) indicating uncertainty; (at the end of a question) indicating uncertainty with an estimate
问
(v./prep.) ask; inquire after; interrogate; hold responsible; care, bother; consult; to; from
只
(char./m.) single, the only; measure word for birds and some animals, for one of certain paired things, for certain containers, or small boats | (adv.) only, merely, just
啊
(interj.) oh, wow, huh... (to express agreement, admiration, etc. with a prolonged tone) | (par.) (used at the end of a sentence) expressing appreciation, agreement, urge, etc.; (used in the middle of a sentence) indicating a pause to draw attention; used when enumerating items | (interj.) (to press for answer) well; (asking for repetition) eh, what | (interj.) ah, aha, what (to express puzzled surprise) | (interj.) ah (expressing surprise or admiration)
尝
(v.) taste, try (usually food) | (v./adv.) to experience; (formal) ever, once
台
(m.) measure word used to quantify certain machinery or apparatus; set of items performed on a single occasion | (n.) Tai (the abbreviation of Taiwan) | (n.) platform; tower, terrace; stand; erected structure | (n.) station, service; official post; (lit.) you, your | (char.) used in a name place, see 台州 | (char.) used to form the word typhoon | (char.) table, platform-shaped furniture
咸
(adj.) salty | (adv.) (lit.) all, altogether
响
(v./adj./n.) to cause to make a sound; to make a sound; noisy, loud; noise; echo
呀
(par.) used in place of 啊 after a syllable ending in a, e, i, o, etc. | (onomat.) creak | (interj.) wow, oh (indicating surprise)
哎
(interj.) hey, ah
唉
(interj.) oh, ah, alas (expressing sadness or regret) | (interj.) (response to a call) yes, hmm; (sigh) ah
吵
(v./adj.) quarrel; noisy; to disturb, to bother
吹
(v.) to blow, to blast; to play, to brag, to fail, be unsuccessful; (couple) to break up
呆
(v.) stay, be in a daze | (adj.) foolish | (adj.) dumbfound
吨
(m.) ton
哈
(onomat.) ha,aha (sound of laughing) | (v.) breathe out | (interj.) ha (expressing triumph or satisfaction, usually duplicated) | (char.) used in words 哈巴狗, 哈达, etc.
喊
(v.) shout; to send for (sb.); to call, to address (sb.)
