Chinese Character 嘴 Meanings and components.

Form

嘴

Meaning

嘴 meaning[3] in English

Mouth.

Beak.

Nozzle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嘴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and number 20 of … (觜)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RYPB

How to write 嘴

To write嘴zui3mouth you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 觜zi1number 20 … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 觜 = 嘴

嘴 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 嘴 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 嘴, looks as follow:

嘴
Pinyin:zui3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Beak . Nozzle . Spout (Of Teapot Etc) . Cl:張|张[Zhang1],個|个[Ge4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
觜
Pinyin:zi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Number 20 Of The 28 Constellations 二十八宿, Approx. Orion 獵戶座|猎户座
此
Pinyin:ci3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: This . These
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
角
Pinyin:jiao3
Meaning[3]: Surname Jue
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
用
Pinyin:yong4
Meaning[3]: To Use . To Employ . To Have To . To Eat Or Drink . Expense Or Outlay . Usefulness . Hence . Therefore
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 嘴in English or Chinese