中
JLPT HSK 1

zhōng, zhòng

The line 丨 in the center of the square 口 shows the middle.

	和
JLPT HSK 1

hé, hè, huó, hú
Left: rice plant 禾, right: mouth 口
Who has rice (plants) in his mouth is: in harmony.

	后
JLPT HSK 1

hòu
Top: var. of buttock seen from the side 尸, below: opening 口 as anus, in the sense of 'behind' (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor.)
The one following 'behind' is the empress.

	同
JLPT HSK 1

tóng
A container upside down: 冂, one 一 and an opening 口
All containers only have one opening, and that is: the same.

	名
JLPT HSK 1

míng
Evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.) and mouth 口
In the evening they talk about people's reputation.

	听
JLPT HSK 1

tīng
Left: mouth 口, right: axe 斤
With your mouth (= arguments) or your axe (= brute force) you can make somebody obey.

	呢
JLPT HSK 1

ne, ní
Left: Mouth 口, right: buddhist nun 尼 (buttocks from side 尸, to sit 匕)
May the mouth of a buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?

	叫
JLPT HSK 1

jiào
Left: mouth 口, right: twisted 丩(image of two intertwined threads)
The mouth is distorted when shouting.

	吗
JLPT HSK 1

mǎ, ma, má
Left: mouth 口, right: horse 马 (traditionally: 馬 with mane 三, four legs 灬 und tail ㄅ)
A mouth (as big) as that of a horse is good for: questions.

	吃
JLPT HSK 1

chī
Left: mouth 口, right: to beg 乞 (There lies [= a lying person 人] a disadvantaged [= from the second 乙 class of society] and begs) (second 乙 = two 二 written quickly)
It's for the mouth when you beg for sth. to eat.

	号
JLPT HSK 1

háo, hào
Top: mouth 口, bottom: winding seaweed 丂 (here: the number "5")
When the mouth says "5" it is a number.

	哪
JLPT HSK 1

nǎ, na, něi
Left: mouth 口, right: that, those 那 (double 二 edged sword 刀 and village⻏)
A mouth spoke about the double-edged sword in the village, but it is which?

	喝
JLPT HSK 1

hē, hè
Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation)
His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person 人) something: to drink.

	喂
JLPT HSK 1

wèi
Left: mouth 口, right: awe, reverence 畏 (.. because he has rice fields 田 and [good] clothes 衣.)
His mouth was in awe when saying: "Hello!"

	事
JLPT HSK 2

shì
From top: ten 十, mouth 口, hand /彐
Keep ten mouths shut with one hand: what an affair!

	可
JLPT HSK 2

kě
Nail 丁 and opening 口
The nail into the opening should be possible.

	吧
JLPT HSK 2

bā, ba
Left: mouth 口 right: hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)
If my mouth (my speech) is hoping for something, this is a polite suggestion.

	虽
JLPT HSK 2

suī
At top: mouth: 口, below: insect 虫
In the mouth an insect? Okay, although, ..

	员
JLPT HSK 2

yuán
Top: mouth 口, bottom: shell/money 贝/貝 (貝 = cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 = shell-money)
If you have a mouth and money, you can become a member.

	别
JLPT HSK 2

bié, biè
Left: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.), right: knife 刂
If you make another thing by cutting, this is 'separating'.

	知
JLPT HSK 2

zhī
Left: an arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: a mouth 口 (here: a target)
The arrow hits the target, if it knows it.

	右
JLPT HSK 2

yòu
Top: hand /彐, below: mouth 口
The hand for the mouth (= You eat with it.), is your right.

	哥
JLPT HSK 2

gē
Comprises twice: possibility/can do 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
The one, who can very much (= the double of me), is my elder brother.

	司
JLPT HSK 2

sī

In a corner ⌝ is sb. who throws a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口: In the administration.

	唱
JLPT HSK 2

chàng
Left: mouth 口, right: prosperous, flourishing 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing.)
A mouth as big as two suns makes a good singer.

	告
JLPT HSK 2

gào
Top: cow 牛, below: mouth 口
The cow opens the mouth to announce something.

	问
JLPT HSK 2

wèn
Outside: gate 门/門, below: mouth 口
The mouth at the gate is asking.

	啡
JLPT HSK 2

fēi
Left: mouth 口, right: denying 非 (here: 非 as the image of a filter, namely when wings 羽 are put opposingly on each other)
It is for the mouth and comes through the filter: coffee = 咖 啡 [kāfēi].

	咖
JLPT HSK 2

kā
Left: mouth 口, right: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [=to eat])
For the mouth sth. (=good taste) is added by a special class/grade of coffee = 咖 啡 [kāfēi]

	如
JLPT HSK 3

rú
Left: woman 女, right: mouth 口
The women's mouths are as such.

	向
JLPT HSK 3

xiàng
A house 冂 with a chimney ノ (This also can be seen as a variation of roof 宀) and with a window 口
At the house the window is in: this direction.

	口
JLPT HSK 3

kǒu

A mouth wide open.

	句
JLPT HSK 3

jù
Outside: wrap up/cover 勹, inside: mouth 口
She covered her mouth at such a sentence. (Or: Something "wrapped" 勹 out the mouth 口 is a sentence.)

	啊
JLPT HSK 3

ā, á, ǎ, à, a
Left: mouth 口, right: (exclamation of approval) 阿 (From the elevated point of a hill 阝 there is the possibility 可 [because of better sound transmission] to: shout)
A mouth on a hill can shout out: Ah! Oh!

	总
JLPT HSK 3

zǒng
From the top: coming out 丷, mouth 口, heart 心
(not only half-truths) What comes out of your mouth and heart, shall always be the 'whole'.

	加
JLPT HSK 3

jiā
Left: power 力, right: mouth 口
(it is meant: to eat) For (getting) power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added'.

	嘴
JLPT HSK 3

zuǐ
Left: mouth 口, right: 觜 (stop 止, sitting person 匕), corner, horn 角 (image of the horn of an animal)
This 'mouth' can stop the outlet, has to sit well and is made of horn: the nozzle/mouth.

	史
JLPT HSK 3

shǐ
Mouth 口 and person 人 with a wide step (cf. unit of length 丈)
With the mouth, the person who made wide steps, tells his history.

	哭
JLPT HSK 3

kū
Top: two mouths 口 (here: two eyes), bottom: dog 犬 (here: mouth with corners drawn down and a tear 丶
From two eyes ロロ a tear 丶 runs to the mouth 大 when: crying.

	响
JLPT HSK 3

xiǎng
Left: mouth 口, right: direction towards 向 (At the house 冂 the window 口 is in: this ノ direction.)
It comes from a mouth or you hear it through the window 口 of a house 冂: A sound.

	裙
JLPT HSK 3

qún
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: monarch,master 君 (Here: hand with needle ノ and circumferential closed 口 skirt [in cross-sectional view])
This clothing is sewn made with a needle in a hand and looks (in cross-sectional view) like a skirt: The skirt!

	只
JLPT HSK 3

zhī, zhǐ
Image of a person consisting only of a mouth 口 and two legs 八
This person has a huge mouth, which is only one and unique.

	啤
JLPT HSK 3

pí
Left: mouth 口, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
For the mouth, the vulgar (drink) is: beer.

	另
JLPT HSK 4

lìng
Top: mouth 口, bottom: force 力
If it doesn't work with 口 (= mouth), you have to try it with force 力: That's an other thing.

	合
JLPT HSK 4

gě, hé
Top: a cover (here: a lid of a pot), below: pot/container 口
The lid on the container fits.

	呼
JLPT HSK 4

hū
Left: mouth 口, right: particle for question 乎 (If the scales 平 with that roundness亅 at the bottom is still even, is the question 乎.)
The mouth with the question is breathing out or shouting.

	味
JLPT HSK 4

wèi
Left: mouth 口, right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".)
In the mouth have young shoots (="what is not yet") a special taste. [In contrast: In the mouth 口 old 古 things taste: hard 固]

	叶
JLPT HSK 4

yè
Left: mouth 口 (= image of a leaf), right: was traditionally: 葉, now: 十. with: ground 一, tree trunk 丨 and roots 丨
The leaf 口 at the simplified tree stands for: leaves.

	吸
JLPT HSK 4

xī
Left: mouth 口, right: reach, extend 及 (A hand stretched out to reach 丿 sth.)
The mouth reaches to the cigaretteノ in a hand to inhale.

	呀
JLPT HSK 4

yā, ya
Left: mouth 口, right: tusk 牙 (elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ)
A mouth with a tusk, I am surprised: Oh!

	台
JLPT HSK 4

tái
Top: nose 厶, below: mouth 口
The nose over the mouth is like a platform.

	售
JLPT HSK 4

shòu
Top: bird 隹, bottom: mouth 口 (here: cage)
If I get the bird into the cage, I can sell it.

	各
JLPT HSK 4

gè
Top: upturned foot or crossed legs 夂, below: mouth 口 (here: futon/cushion)
Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.

	咱
JLPT HSK 4

zán, zá
Left: mouth 口, right: self 自 (The accented ノ eye 目 shows the own self.)
The mouth itself, that is me.

	否
JLPT HSK 4

fǒu, pǐ
Top: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!), below: mouth 口
A "not" out of a mouth is: a negation.

	程
JLPT HSK 4

chéng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!

	咳
JLPT HSK 4

hāi, ké
Left: mouth 口, right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
Out of his mouth he grunts like a pig: he coughs!

	命
JLPT HSK 4

mìng
Left: mouth 口, top/right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The mouth orders to live.

	咸
JLPT HSK 4

xián
Inside: mouth 口, rest: 11th branch of earth 戌 (a halberd 戈) (cf. maybe 或)
The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty

	嗽
JLPT HSK 4

sòu
Left: mouth 口, right: 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.

	喊
JLPT HSK 5

hǎn
Left: mouth 口, right: salty 咸 (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty)
In his mouth he had such much salt that he yelled and shouted.

	召
JLPT HSK 5

shào, zhào
Top: sword 刀, bottom: mouth 口
With the sword and mouth they were called together.

	哈
JLPT HSK 5

hā, hǎ
Left: mouth 口, right: to fit 合 (The lid on the pot 口), here: person 人, one 一, mouth 口)
The mouths of the persons 人 laughing like one 一 mouth 口: is loud laughter

	启
JLPT HSK 5

qǐ
Left: sliding door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), right: mouth 口 (here: entrance)
The sliding door is the entrance, where it (= the inner) starts and opens.

	呆
JLPT HSK 5

dāi
Top: mouth 口, below: tree 木
A mouth eating a tree is foolish.

	辑
JLPT HSK 5

jí
Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: whisper 咠 (from the mouth 口 to the ear 耳 - But here: 口=1 parking space and 耳=3 parking spaces)
If the vehicles are not each in one space, but in (a group of) three, they are gathered up.

	吹
JLPT HSK 5

chuī
Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth., namely good manners)
If the 'out-of-the-mouth" is lacking sth, it is just blowing.

	含
JLPT HSK 5

hán
Top: now 今 (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!), bottom: mouth 口
Now the mouth contains it.

	吓
JLPT HSK 5

xià
Left: mouth 口, right: down(wards) 下
The mouth is directed downwards when you frighten someone.

	品
JLPT HSK 5

pǐn

Three boxes with goods.

	善
JLPT HSK 5

shàn
From top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), stand 立, mouth 口
A sheep standing with a gaping mouth is good and benevolent.

	器
JLPT HSK 5

qì
Four mouths 口, dog 犬 (Here: a big 大 with an accent 丶 for emphasis as a "very big")
For four mouths you need a very big equipment.

	吐
JLPT HSK 5

tǔ, tù
Left: mouth 口, right: earth/ground 土
From his mouth to the ground he disgorged the vomit.

	咬
JLPT HSK 5

yǎo
Left: mouth 口, right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅)
The mouth is in exchange (with the food) at every bite.

	吨
JLPT HSK 5

dūn
Left: mouth 口 (here: container), right: barracks 屯 (Where previously plants 艹 and sprouts 乚 pierced the soil 一, they build barracks. )
The container for the barracks weights one ton.

	喷
JLPT HSK 5

pēn, pèn
Left: mouth 口, right: 贲 (grasses/thirty 卉, money 贝)
The mouth spouts 30x money.

	吻
JLPT HSK 5

wěn
Left: mouth 口, right: 'do not' 勿 (shows sun shine)
The mouth shines when you kiss.

	吵
JLPT HSK 5

chǎo
Left: mouth 口, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few.)
With your mouth you can make a little quarrel and noise.

	嗯
JLPT HSK 5

ǹg, ńg
Left: mouth 口, right: favor, kindness 恩 (The reason 因 is in his heart 心, that he is that kind.)
The mouth makes after that kindness sounds of surprise.

	唉
JLPT HSK 5

āi, ài
Left: mouth 口, right: end-particle 矣 (Ìf the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
The mouth gives at the end: the approval.

	拐
JLPT HSK 5

guǎi
Left: hand 扌, right: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.)
I feel a hand 扌 over my mouth 口 and a force 力 - I am kidnapped!

	唯
JLPT HSK 5

wéi
Left: mouth 口, right: bird 隹
(A choros of birds twittering is seldom:) The mouth of a bird (sings) only alone.

	哎
JLPT HSK 5

āi
Left: mouth 口, right: phonetic "āi" 艾 (like AIDS 艾 滋 病)
From the mouth an "āi" as interjection of surprise "hey!"

	古
JLPT HSK 5

gǔ
Ten 十 and mouth 口. (古 was derived from the image of a skull, therefore the meaning of old. Helpful is also the image of a grave mound)
Below the tomb stone is lying the 'old'.

	咨
JLPT HSK 5

zī
Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) (欠 = The yawning person 人 has a lack [of manners]), bottom: mouth 口
Next, use your mouth to consult.

	塘
JLPT HSK 5

táng
Left: earth 土, right: Tang dynasty 唐 (In the building 广 the hand with pestle 丨 and mortar 口 during Tang)
If by earth a "building" is made by hand as a surrounding mouth, it is a: dyke (embarkment) for a pond.

	哲
JLPT HSK 5

zhé
Top: to break 折 (.. by hand 扌 or with an axe 斤), bottom: mouth 口
Even broken, the mouth utters wisdom.

	嗓
JLPT HSK 5

sǎng
Left: mouth 口, right: mulberry tree 桑 (three times hand 又, harvesting in the tree 木)
The mouths when harvesting in the mulberry tree (are singing) with full throat.

	嚏
JLPT HSK 5

tì
Left: mouth 口, right: fall, stumble 疐 (Person 十 falling from a roof 冖 into a field 田, but correctly 正/疋)
Out of the 'mouth' is falling sth., when sneezing.

	吞
JLPT HSK 6

tūn
Top: sky 天, below: mouth 口
Like from the sky and through the mouth, when: swallowing.

	串
JLPT HSK 6

chuàn
Twice mouth 口 or pearl, a tread (or needle)丨
Two pearls on a string form a chain.

	唤
JLPT HSK 6

huàn
Left: mouth 口, right: great 奂 (shows a woman giving birth; better recognizable in the traditional: 喚 with: head ⺈, two breasts ハ and spread legs 人)
Out of the mouth of the woman giving birth are coming: shouts.

	呵
JLPT HSK 6

kē, hē
Left: mouth 口, right: be possible/can 可 (here: open mouth 'J', where sth. ロ comes out)
Out of the mouth, if it open, sth. comes, when expelling breath.

	唇
JLPT HSK 6

chún
Top: early-morning 辰 =image of plowing 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.), bottom: mouth 口
Like plowed lines at the mouth are: the lips.

	哦
JLPT HSK 6

é, ó, ò
Left: mouth 口, right: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself.)
The mouth of mine shouts "oh" when understanding.

	哼
JLPT HSK 6

hēng
Left: mouth 口, right: prosperous 亨 (Who makes big/high 高 things to accomplish 了 is prosperous.) [了 = The still arm-less 了 child 子 should be completed.]
Out of the mouth 口 below the nose 亠, this mouth 口, comes out 了 a groan.

	叹
JLPT HSK 6

tàn
Left: mouth 口, right: hand 又
The mouth should be (covered) with the hand, when: sighing.

	喘
JLPT HSK 6

chuǎn
Left: mouth 口, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
The mouth is concentrated/focused: when gasping.

	吟
JLPT HSK 6

yín
Left: mouth 口, right: now 今 (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!)
The mouth will now start reciting.

	咽
JLPT HSK 6

yān, yàn, yè
Left: mouth 口 (here: entrance, inlet), right: reason, cause 因 (For the fence 囗 around the tall person 大 is a reason.)
The inlet defines (= is the reason for) a narrow pass such as: the throat.

	吊
JLPT HSK 6

diào
Top: mouth 口 (here: crane or winch), below: fabric/cloth 巾
The crane is using a fabric for hanging things and make them suspended.

	啥
JLPT HSK 6

shá
Left: mouth 口, right: house, home 舍 (The particular cover under which I become old 古, is my home.)
The mouth sees the home and asks: What?

	咐
JLPT HSK 6

fù
Left: mouth 口, right: hand over, deliver 付 (... from a person 亻to a skillful hand 寸)
By mouth handing over sth., namely: the order.

	喉
JLPT HSK 6

hóu
Left: mouth 口, right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.)
Also the mouth of a marquis ends in a throat.

	呈
JLPT HSK 6

chéng
Top: mouth 口, bottom: king 王
With your mouth [Or: a document 口] at the king to submit sth.

	吁
JLPT HSK 6

xū, yù, yū
Left: mouth 口, right: in, at, to, from, 于 (= umbrella 伞, with a handle 亅 and keeps dry 干)
A mouth as 'behind an umbrella' is: silent and hushes.

	吼
JLPT HSK 6

hǒu
Left: mouth 口, right: dwellings, Confucius 孔 (A child 子 is kneeling 乚 in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.), here: variant of breast, milk 乳
A baby's mouth 口 that wants milk 乳 is roaring.

	吉
JLPT HSK 6

jí
Top: scholar 士, below: mouth 口 (This character is a simplification of happy 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy)
The scholar's mouth wishes good luck.

	嘱
JLPT HSK 6

zhǔ
Left: mouth 口, right: species, category 属 (It has buttock 尸, an accent ノ, so this insect 虫 with additional long legs 冂 is a special species.)
(There are always the same troublemakers.) With the mouth this species shall be admonished.

	啦
JLPT HSK 6

lā, la
Left: mouth 口, right: pull (string instrument) 拉
With my mouth, the hand 扌 and my standpoint 立 I make an exclamation at the sentence-final.

	嚷
JLPT HSK 6

rǎng
Left: mouth 口, right: to help, assist 襄 (For covering 亠 both 口口 wells 井 with cloth 衣, I need help)
When you use the mouth to get help, you need to shout.

	喻
JLPT HSK 6

yù
Left: mouth 口, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The 'mouth' stands for 'assent'. This is a metaphor or analogy.

	唐
JLPT HSK 6

táng
Outside: building 广, below: hand 肀, with pestle 丨, mortar 口
Buildings in which a hand uses a mortar were exaggerated in Tang China???

	吩
JLPT HSK 6

fēn
Left: mouth 口, right: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)
The mouth is dividing (or sharing) when giving (oral) instructions.

	啸
JLPT HSK 6

xiào
Left: mouth 口, right: respectful 肃 (here: hand grapping the tail 丨 of a four legged 灬 animal.)
The mouth's sounded (when he seized the animal's tail) a hiss. (when it was caught 逮)

	嘲
JLPT HSK 6

cháo, zhāo
Left: mouth 口, right: morning, dynasty 朝 (sun 日 rises between plants 艹, moon 月) [Sunset is: 莫]
The mouth that says at sunrise, that it was the moon, is: sneering me.

	扣
JLPT HSK 6

kòu
Left: hand 扌, right: mouth 口 (here: buttonhole)
With the hand at the buttonhole you can button or draw your discount.

	嘛
JLPT HSK 6

ma
Left: mouth 口, right: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp)
(Proof of drug abuse) In his mouth he still had the hemp and so it was obvious.

	哑
JLPT HSK 6

yā, yǎ
Left: mouth 口, right: relatively weak 亚 (Put a plank 一 on the volcanic vent 业 because is relatively weak.)
A mouth that is rather weak is mute or hoarse.

	哨
JLPT HSK 6

shào
Left: mouth 口, right: alike, resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
(You do not need a strong body to sound the alarm:) He has a mouth, but a small body: The sentry.

	嘿
JLPT HSK 6

hēi
Left: mouth 口, right: black 黑 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.)
"Your mouth is black", he exclaimed in surprise.

	哇
JLPT HSK 6

wā, wa
Comprises: to vomit 吐 (From his mouth 口 to the ground 土 he disgorged his vomit) with an extra earth 土) [Or: heaps of earth 圭]
To vomit on the ground sounds like crying or vomiting.

	哗
JLPT HSK 6

huā, huá
Left: mouth 口, right: magnificent, flowery 华 (The change 化 makes it tenfold 十 as magnificent)
It comes out of the mouth "magnificently", this: clamor.

	哄
JLPT HSK 6

hōng, hǒng, hòng
Left: mouth 口, right: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.)
The mouths together can roar in laughter (but also deceive).

	鸣
JLPT HSK 6

míng
Left: mouth 口, right: bird 鸟/鳥 (pictogram of a bird with claws 灬)
The mouth of the bird is twittering.

	君
JLPT HSK 6

jūn
Top: 尹 (A hand holding a stick ノ), below: mouth 口
The one with a stick in his hand strikes on somebody`s mouth, because he is: the master/lord.

	叮
JLPT HSK 6

dīng
Left: mouth 口, right: nail 丁
A mouth like a nail is: the sting of a mosquito.

	喇
JLPT HSK 6

lā, lǎ
Left: mouth 口, right: 剌 (bundle 束 [Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf. 兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle], knife 刂)
From the mouth a bundle of cutting (sounds): The trompet!

	嗅
JLPT HSK 6

xiù
Left: mouth 口, right: smell/stink/smack 臭 (His ego 自 is like a dog 犬 that it stinks.) [犬 = The big 大 man holds it 丶 in his arms.]
With open mouth the stink can be smelled.

	叭
JLPT HSK 6

bā
Left: mouth 口, right: eight 八
From a "mouth" that widens [towards the lower end] like an eight 八 comes the "sound of a trumpet".

	嚼
JLPT HSK 6

jiáo, jué
Left: mouth 口, right: nobility 爵 (A hand 爫 takes the plates 罒(=皿) to serve food 食 skillfully 寸 to the nobility.)
Also the mouths of the nobility chew.

	喧
JLPT HSK 6

xuān
Left: mouth 口, right: announce 宣 (At the roof 宀 [= highest point] with a first sun ray 一 the sunrise 旦 is announced.)
When the mouth announces, it clamors.

	噪
JLPT HSK 6

zào
Left: mouth 口, right: to gather 喿 (3 beaks 口 [of birds] in a tree 木)
The mouths of the gathered birds in the tree make a chirping.

	哺
JLPT HSK 6

bǔ
Left: mouth 口, right: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 [to use: 用 = A fence 用 can be used] just now)
The mouth starts just now with breast feeding.

	咋
JLPT HSK 6

zǎ, zé, zhà, zhā
Left: mouth 口, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The mouth asks suddenly: Why?

	叨
JLPT HSK 6

dāo, tāo
Left: mouth 口, right: sword 刀
The mouth cuts like a sword, when being: garrulous.

	呕
JLPT HSK 6

ǒu
Left: mouth 口, right: area, distict 区 (here: open mouth 匚 with sth. 乂 coming out)
The mouth is open and sth. is coming out when vomiting.

	呻
JLPT HSK 6

shēn
Left: mouth 口, right: to say, explain 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when explaining.)
The mouth just says: one groan.

	咙
JLPT HSK 6

lóng
Left: mouth 口, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding, emphasized 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
Like the mouth of a dragon appears his throat.

	唾
JLPT HSK 6

tuò
Left: mouth 口, right: suspend/drop 垂 (A vehicle 車 with a loose tire that almost drops off)
From the mouth drops the saliva.

	嗦
JLPT HSK 6

suō
Left: mouth 口, right: 索 (ten 十, cover 冖, thread 糸)
The mouth can cover 冖 from above (tenfold??) and it appears thread-like (when using a drinking-straw?) to suck.

	缉
JLPT HSK 6

qī
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 咠 (mouth 口, ear 耳)
Like threads are the (inquiries) from mouths to ears when wanting to seize sb.

	哆
JLPT HSK 6

duō
Left: mouth 口, right: many 多
The mouth makes many (sounds) when trembling.

	嗨
JLPT HSK 6

hāi
Left: mouth 口, right: ocean, sea 海 (Water 氵is in every 每 ocean. [every 每 = every person has a mother 母.])
A mouth like an ocean yells: Hey!

	侃
JLPT HSK 6

kǎn
Left: person 亻, right: mouth 口, river 川
(He talks a lot:) The person with a mouth like a river is: upright and honest.

	啃
JLPT HSK 6

kěn
Left: mouth 口, right: to agree 肯 (Stop 止 that body 月 if you agree.)
The mouth stops only, when from the body (everything) is: gnawed.

	唠
JLPT HSK 6

láo
Left: mouth 口, right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants 艹 into a flat top layer 冖 requires strength 力 and that you struggle)
For the mouth it is a struggle to chatter.

	嘈
JLPT HSK 6

cáo
Left: mouth 口, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification)
Sounds (= what comes out of the mouth) of the same class is considered to be noise.

	咀
JLPT HSK 6

jǔ
Left: mouth 口, right: further/moreover 且 (=pile of stones, but here: open mouth with teeth at top and bottom and with a central gap)
The mouth is with open teeth when: chewing.

	吝
JLPT HSK 6

lìn
Top: language, culture 文 (Image of a folding table for writing a text.), bottom: mouth 口
A cultivated mouth can be stingy.

	啰
JLPT HSK 6

luō
Left: mouth 口, right: sift 罗 (With the net 罒 until the evening 夕 whe have to sift it.)
The mouth is sifted with this exclamation.

	唆
JLPT HSK 6

suō
Left: mouth 口, right: to dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
Mouth, nose, legs and an upturned foot: That shall instigate?

	叼
JLPT HSK 6

diāo
Left: mouth 口, right: wicked, artful 刁 (variation of sword 刀)
In the mouth are the teeth ⌝, between which I hold something ノ.

	哀
JLPT HSK 6

āi
Top and bottom: clothes 衣, center: a big hole 口
Clothes with a central hole causes: sorrow.

	嗣
JLPT no HSK

sì
Left: mouth 口, book/volume 冊 (bundle of bamboo writing tablets), Right: civil servant, administration 司 (... where sb. is sitting in a corner ⌝ throwing a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口)
(For its documentation:) You need a mouth or a document (last will) and an official (notary) for an inheritance.

	囊
JLPT no HSK

náng
Top & bottom: to help, assistance 襄 (For covering 亠 of both (two pieces 口) wells 井 with cloth 衣, I need help.), middle: mouth 口 (=enclosure) and roof 宀
It helps as an enclosing cover: The sack

	咧
JLPT no HSK

liē, liě
Left: mouth 口, right: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone])
If the mouth is (long as) a row: it is crying.

	咯
JLPT no HSK

gē, lo, luò, kǎ
Left: mouth 口, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody)
(The sound of) a mouth, of every, is: coughing

	愕
JLPT no HSK

è
Left: feelings 忄, right: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂)
The feeling of a jaw wide open is: being startled.

	嘶
JLPT no HSK

sī
Left: mouth 口, right: this 斯 (A grain scoop 其 threshes like THIS axe 斤)
The sound ("what comes out of the mouth") of a grain scoop or a axe is a: hiss or 'Ss!'

	嗡
JLPT no HSK

wēng
Left: mouth 口, right: elderly man 翁 (Publicly 公 wearing wings 羽 is sth. for elderly men)
(A sound) as if from a mouth, gets public by the wings, when: buzzing.

	杏
JLPT no HSK

xìng
Top: tree 木, bottom: mouth 口
(The storage life is limited.) From the tree straight into the mouth: The apricot.

	咕
JLPT no HSK

gū
Left: mouth 口, right: old 古 (originally: skull - better the image of a tomb stone)
A mouth that became old, can only: mumble.

	吱
JLPT no HSK

zī
Left: mouth 口, right: twig, support 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The sound (= "what comes out of the mouth") of twigs in a hand is like: a squeak

	啪
JLPT no HSK

pā
Left: mouth 口, right: to slap, to pat 拍 (The hand 扌 is white 白 from slapping)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a slap is: bang!

	哩
JLPT no HSK

lī, li, lǐ
Left: mouth 口 (here: circumference), right: village, neighborhood 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
The circumference of my village is: one mile.

	嘻
JLPT no HSK

xī
Left: mouth 口, right: to be happy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.)
When the mouth is happy, it is laughing.

	嘟
JLPT no HSK

dū
Left: mouth 口, right: entirely, capital 都 (The persons 者 from the village ⻏ come all to the capital)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of the capital is the: toot.

	嘎
JLPT no HSK

gā, gǎ
Left: Mouth 口, right: 戛 (Vari. of: head, shoulder 頁 [= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一], halbard 戈)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling.

	喔
JLPT no HSK

ō
Left: mouth 口, right: building, house 屋 (His 尸 buttocks reaches 至 the house)
The mouth like a building says: I see!

	喃
JLPT no HSK

nán
Left: mouth 口, right: south 南 (It costs ten 十 Yen ¥, for the entrance 冂 towards the south.)
The mouth is directed to the south (= downwards) when mumbling.

	叩
JLPT no HSK

kòu
Left: mouth 口, right: bent person卩
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a bent person is a knocking. (e.g. with the walking stick 丨 on the ground)

	呐
JLPT no HSK

nà, na
Left: mouth 口, right: inside 内 (The included 冂 person 人 is inside.)
The mouth shouts: "I want to come inside!" as a battle cry.

	哮
JLPT no HSK

xiāo
Left: mouth 口, right: filial obedience 孝 (... An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子)
The mouth with filial obedience: roars.

	啼
JLPT no HSK

tí
Left: mouth 口, right: emperor 帝 (He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾)
The mouths will do it for the emperor: to cry and weep.

	喀
JLPT no HSK

kā
Left: mouth 口, right: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 our guest)
His mouth is covering 宀 everybody 各, when: coughing.

	炯
JLPT no HSK

jiǒng
Left: fire 火, right: 冋 (here: wall 冂 with a window 口)
A fire or a window can make it bright.

	吾
JLPT no HSK

wú
Top: five 五, bottom: mouth 口
Five times my mouth emphasized myself.

	咚
JLPT no HSK

dōng
Left: mouth 口, right: winter 冬 (With an upturned foot 夂 on the ice 冫- it's winter.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when sb. with an upturned foot is falling on the ice is: boom!

	吴
JLPT no HSK

wú
Top: mouth 口, bottom: sky 天
A mouth above sky in Jiagsu.

	吕
JLPT no HSK

lǚ

Two mouths 口 as airholes of a flute.

	嘘
JLPT no HSK

xū
Left: mouth 口, right void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent]
The sound (= what comes out of a mouth) from the tiger's hole is a: hiss.

	窘
JLPT no HSK

jiǒng
Left: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), right: monarch/lord 君 (He strikes with a stick ノ in a hand on a mouth 口)
When you report about the hole to the lord, you are: distressed.

	嚣
JLPT no HSK

xiāo
Four mouths 口, a head 页/頁 (with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
Mouths screaming on all sides of your head, is a: clamor.

	嗜
JLPT no HSK

shì
Left: mouth 口, right: old man 耆 (old, experienced 老 [old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日)
(He likes eating?) By the mouth has the old man his preferences: his addiction.

	吭
JLPT no HSK

háng
Left: mouth 口, right: overbearing 亢 (The sturdy navigator 亢 known from navigation 航 with a broad neck and wearing a cap.)
The noise (= what comes out of a mouth) an utter of the throat.