Radical 30

口
	Radical 30 (U+2F1D)
	Radical 30 (U+2F1D)
	口 (U+53E3) "mouth"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	kǒu
Bopomofo:	ㄎㄡˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	koou
Wade–Giles:	kʽou3
Cantonese Yale:	háu
Jyutping:	hau2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	kháu (col.); khó͘ (lit.)
Japanese Kana:	コー kō (on'yomi); くち kuchi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	구 ku
Names
Chinese name(s):	口字旁 kǒuzìpáng
Japanese name(s):	口偏/くちへん kuchihen
Hangul:	입 ip
Stroke order animation

Radical 30 or radical mouth (口部) meaning "mouth" is one of 31 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 3 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1,146 characters (out of 40 000) to be found under this radical.

口 is also the 37th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters


Strokes	Characters
+0	口
+2	古句另叧叨叩只叫召叭叮可台叱史右叴叵叶 (also SC form of 葉 -> 艸) 号^SC/JP (=號 -> 虍) 司叹^SC (=嘆) 叺叻叼叽^SC (=嘰)
+3	叾叿吀吁 (also SC form of 籲 -> 竹) 吂吃各吅吆吇合吉吊吋同名后吏吐向吒吓 (also SC form of 嚇) 吔吕^SC (=呂) 吖吗^SC (=嗎) 吸
+4	吘吙吚君吜吝吞吟吠吡吢吣吤吥否吧吨 (also SC form of 噸) 吩吪含听^SC (=聽 -> 耳) 吭吮启^SC (=啟 -> 攴) 吰吱吲吳吴^SC (=吳) 吵吶吷吹吺吻吼吽吾吿呀呁呂呃呄呅呆呇呈呉^JP (=吳) 告呋呌呍呎呏呐^SC (=吶) 呑 (=吞) 呒^SC (=嘸) 呓^SC (=囈) 呔呕^SC (=嘔) 呖^SC (=嚦) 呗^SC (=唄) 员^SC (=員) 呙^SC (=咼) 呚呛^SC (=嗆) 呜^SC (=嗚)
+5	呝呞呟呠呡呢呣呤呥呦呧周呩呪^JP (=咒) 呫呬呭呮呯呰呱呲味呴呵呶呷呸呹呺呻呼命呾呿咀咁咂咃咄咅咆咇咈咉咊 (=和) 咋和咍咎咏咐咑咒咓咔咕咖咗咘咙^SC (=嚨) 咚咛^SC (=嚀) 咜咝^SC (=噝) 咼^{GB TC variant}
+6	咞咟咠咡咢咣咤咥咦咧咨咩咪咫咬咭咮咯咰咱咲咳咴咵咶咷咸咹咺咻咼^{Traditional/JP variant} 咽咾咿哀品哂哃哄哅哆哇哈哉哊哋哌响^SC (=響 -> 音) 哎哏哐哑^SC (=啞) 哒^SC (=噠) 哓^SC (=嘵) 哔^SC (=嗶) 哕^SC (=噦) 哖哗哘哙^SC (=噲) 哚哛哜哝^SC (=噥) 哞哟^SC (=喲)
+7	哠員哢哣哤哥哦哧哨哩哪哫哬哭哮哯哰哱哲哳哴哵哶哷哸哹哺哻哼哽哾哿唀唁唂唃唄唅唆唇^{SC/JP/variant} (=脣 -> 肉) 唈唉唊唋唌唍唎唏唐唑唒唓唔唕唖^JP (=啞) 唳啄唗唘 (=啓=啟 -> 攴) 唙唚唛^SC (=嘜) 唜^KO 唝^SC (=嗊) 唞唟^KO 唠^SC (=嘮) 唡^SC (=啢) 唢^SC (=嗩) 唣唤^SC (=喚) 唥唦唧
+8	唨唩唪唫唬唭售唯唰唱唲唴唵唶唷唸唹唺唻唼唽唾唿啀啁啂啃啅商啇啈啉啊啋啌啍啎問啐啑啒啓^{JP/GB TC} (=啟 -> 攴) 啔 (=啓=啟 -> 攴) 啕啖啗啘啙啚 (=圖 -> 囗) 啛啜啝啞啠 (=哲) 啡啢啣啤啥啦啧^SC (嘖) 啨啩啪啫啬^SC (=嗇) 啭^SC (=囀) 啮^SC (=嚙=齧 -> 齒) 啯^SC (=嘓) 啰^SC (=囉) 啱啲啳啴^SC (=嘽) 啵啶啸^SC (=嘯) 啹喎^{SC variant} 喝^JP
+9	啷啺啻啼啽啾啿喀喁喂喃善喅喆 (=哲) 喇喈喉喊喋喌喍喎^{TC variant} 喏喐喑喒 (=咱) 喓喔喕喖喗喘喙喚喛喜喝^SC/TC/KO 喞^Kangxi (=唧) 喟喠喡喢喣喤喥喦喧喨喩^Kangxi/JP/KO (=喻) 喪喫喬喭單喯喰喱喲喳喴喵営^JP (=營 -> 火) 喷^SC (=噴) 喸^KO 喹喺喻喼喽^SC (=嘍) 喾^SC (=嚳) 嗏^{SC variant} 嗒^{SC variant} 嗗^{SC variant} 嗢^{SC/HK variant}
+10	喿嗀嗁嗂嗃嗄嗅嗆嗇嗈嗉嗊嗋嗌嗍嗎嗏^{TC variant} 嗐嗑嗒^{TC variant} 嗓嗔嗕嗖嗗^{TC variant} 嗘嗙嗚嗛嗜嗝嗞嗟嗠嗡嗢^{TC variant} 嗣嗤嗥嗦嗧嗨嗩嗪嗫^SC (=囁) 嗬嗭^KO 嗮嗯嗰嗱嗲嗳^SC (=噯) 嗴嗵^{SC variant} 嗶^{GB TC variant} 嗷^{SC variant} 嗸^{SC variant} 嗼^{SC variant}
+11	嗵^{TC variant} 嗶^{Traditional variant} 嗷^{TC variant} 嗸^{TC variant} 嗹嗺嗻嗼^{TC variant} 嗽嗾嗿嘀嘁嘂嘃嘄嘅嘆嘇嘈嘉嘊嘋嘌嘍嘎嘏嘐嘑嘒嘓嘔嘕嘖嘗嘘^SC/JP (=噓) 嘙嘚嘛嘜嘝嘞嘟嘠 (=嘎) 嘡嘢嘣嘤^SC (=嚶) 嘥嘦嘧嘨^JP (=嘯) 噌噑 (=嗥)
+12	嘩嘪嘫嘬嘭嘮嘯嘰嘱嘲嘳嘴嘵嘶嘷(=嗥) 嘸嘹嘺嘻嘼嘽嘾嘿噀噁噂噃噄噅噆噇噈噉噊噋噍噎噏噐(=器) 噒噓噔噕噖噗噘噙噚噛^JP (=嚙) 噜^SC (=嚕) 噝器^JP 噴噠^{GB TC variant} 噢^{SC variant} 噧^{GB TC variant} 噶^{SC variant}
+13	器^SC/TC/KO 噞噟 (=應 -> 心) 噠^{Traditional variant} 噡噢^{TC variant} 噣噤噥噦噧^{Traditional variant} 噩噪噫噬噭噮噯噰噱噲噳噵 (=道 -> 辵) 噶^{TC variant} 噷噸噹噺^JP 噻噼噽嚃^{SC variant} 嚆^{SC variant} 嚄^{SC variant}
+14	噾噿嚀嚁嚂嚃^{TC variant} 嚄^{TC variant} 嚅嚆^{TC variant} 嚇嚈嚉嚊嚋嚌嚍嚎嚏嚐嚑嚒嚓嚝^{GB TC variant}
+15	嚔嚕嚖嚗嚘嚙嚚嚛嚜嚝^{Traditional variant} 嚞嚟嚠嚡嚢^JP (=囊) 嚣^SC (=囂)
+16	嚤嚥嚦嚧嚨嚩嚪嚫嚬嚭嚮嚯嚰嚴^{GB TC variant}
+17	嚱嚲嚳嚴^{Traditional variant} 嚵嚶嚷嚸嚹嚺嚽^{GB TC variant} 嚾^{SC variant} 嚿^{SC variant}
+18	嚻嚼嚽^{Traditional variant} 嚾^{TC variant} 嚿^{TC variant} 囀囁囂囃囄囆^{GB TC variant} 囈^{GB TC variant}
+19	囅囆^{Traditional variant} 囇囈^{Traditional variant} 囉囊囋囎^JP
+20	囌^{GB TC variant} 囏 (=艱 -> 艮) 囐囒^{GB TC variant}
+21	囌^{Traditional variant} 囍囑囒^{Traditional variant} 囓囔囕
+25	囖
+28	��

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo. Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

External links

Unihan data for U+53E3