口

Meanings: mouth, opening On Readings: コウ kou, ク ku Kun Readings: くち kuchi Most Used Pronunciation: kuchi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 囗 Stroke Number: 3

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Common jukugo
東口 - ひがし　ぐち higashi guchi - east entrance
出口 - で　ぐち de guchi - exit
入口 - いり　ぐち iri guchi - entrance
口 - くち kuchi - mouth
人口 - じん　こう jin kou - population
軽口 - かる　くち karu kuchi - a talkative person (loose mouth)
糸口 - いと　ぐち ito guchi - beginning, first step; clue

Useful Examples
Japanese: サザエさんの口は大きいです。
Romaji: sazae san no kuchi wa ookii desu.
English: Sazae's mouth is big. (famous Japanese cartoon)

Japanese: 東京の人口はロンドンの人口よりも多い。
Romaji: toukyou no jinkou wa rondon no jinkou yori mo ooi.
English: The population of Tokyo is greater than that of London.

Japanese: お母さんに口答えしてはいけませんよ。
Romaji: okaasan ni kuchigotae shite haikemasen yo.
English: Don't answer your mother back.

Japanese: 日本の人口は約１億２千万人です。
Romaji: nihon no jinkou wa yaku ichioku nisenman nin desu.
English: The population of Japan is about 120 million.

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Notes/Mnemonic
The opened mouth of a robot

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.