Entry
  1. Noun

    mouth; lips

    その女の子は小さな愛らしい口元をしている。
    The girl has a sweet, small mouth.
  2. shape of the mouth

  3. near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

Also written 口もと【くちもと】口許【くちもと】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mouth

Kun
くち
On
コウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
284 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 3-3-0SKIP code
3d0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6000.0Four corner code
3777deroo
53e3Unicode hex code
1-24-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
868Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
685New Nelson (John Haig)
3382New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4189Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2119Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2865Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
11Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
213A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
29Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
38Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3227Morohashi
20A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
54Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27sakade
31Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
34henshall3
16Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
200crowley
167Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.16busy_people
276Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
11Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kou3Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level