Memory phrase for the character: 嘴
嘴
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Meaning
nozzle, mouth, beak, spout (of teapot etc)
Pronunciation
zuǐ
zui3
Explanation
Left: mouth 口, right: 觜 (stop 止, sitting person 匕), corner, horn 角 (image of the horn of an animal)
Mnemonic
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This 'mouth' can stop the outlet, has to sit well and is made of horn: the nozzle/mouth.
Radicals
口
mouth, opening This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
角
horn Perhaps to be understood as the head 用 of a cow with only one horn ⺈?
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Vocabulary
嘴唇
zuǐ chún
lip
3789
嘴巴
zuǐ bā
mouth; slap
3790
喷嘴
pēn zuǐ
nozzle; extrusion nozzle
3791
龇牙咧嘴
zī yá liě zuǐ
to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
7024
咧开嘴笑
liě kāi zuǐ xiào
to laugh
7026
撇嘴
piě zuǐ
to twitch one's mouth
7363
撇嘴
piě zuǐ
7421
红嘴鸥
hóng zuǐ ōu
black-headed gull
8527
红嘴鸥
hóng zuǐ ōu
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