- Radicals not only help you remember the graphic features of a character (making it easier for you to remember how to write it), but also provide you hints on pronunciation and meaning.
- We have learnt the character 口 (mouth). And also we have learnt that this character 口 is a radical as well. (Radical I)
- Today, we are going to review some of the characters that have the radical 口 and are related to mouth:
Character Pinyin Meaning Pronunciation Link 吹 chuī blow Link 喊 hǎn shout Link 吃 chī eat Link 喝 hē drink Link 呼 hū exhale Link 吸 xī inhale Link 哈 hā ha ha Link 嘴 zuǐ mouth Link 哭 kū cry Link 問(问)* wèn ask Link - * Sometimes, radicals for Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese are not the same. According to this dictionary, Simplified Chinese 问 has radical 门, while Traditional Chinese 問 has radical 口.
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What about “meow”?
Hi Jennifer,
Do you mean 喵?
Yes. 喵 also has the radical 口.
are there also like other radicals and words on here as well? I’m asking because this website could help me ALOT with my chinese homework