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嘴 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
シし · shi
Kun
くちばし・はしkuchibashi · hashi
Meaning
beak

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with a phonetic element: the beak of a bird.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嘴くちばし

    beak

  • 嘴を挟むくちばしをはさむ

    to butt into a conversation

More words with this kanji

  • 鶍の嘴いすかのはし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

横(よこ)から嘴(くちばし)を挟(はさ)むのは控(ひか)えたい。

I would rather not butt in from the side.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

嘴を挟む嘴挟pinch叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!尸corpse卮goblet朿a thor…址ruins沚a shoa…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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