口

Meanings

1. mouth
2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
3. mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
4. gate; door; entrance; exit
5. speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)

Part of speech: noun, suffix, counter

Kanji

• 口

  Meanings

  mouth

  On reading

  コウ、ク

  Kun reading

  くち

  Strokes

  3

Example sentences

• 椅子に横たわる私に、歯科衛生士の女性が「はい、お口を開けてください」と言ったのです。

  The woman dental hygienist said to me, lying down in the chair, "Right, please open your mouth."

  Tatoeba #75543 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 私たちはそのまま洞窟の口にボートで突っ込んで行きました。

  We plunged into the cave opening on our boat and continued on.

  Tatoeba #481010 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 瓶の口までいっぱいに入れて空気が入らないようにしなさい。

  Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.

  Tatoeba #85140 · CC BY 2.0 FR