mouth/small box radical

★★★★★
3 strokes
PNPKDUHJERK RADICALSYMBOLIC
JERK RADICAL ALERT- although the kanji means 'mouth' the radical sometimes means "box". Irritating but not totally a hassle when you consider that it looks more like a box than a mouth, anyway.

Also, jukugo with 口 tend to be KUNKUN for some reason.

Onyomi

KOU, KU

- as in, "My KUchi on your COLON . " Disgusting? Yes!. . . but try forgetting this ON-yomi now.

Mnemonic

You can think of this as an open mouth, just yelling at you . Always yelling! Again with the yelling JESUS WOULD YOU SHUT UP ALREADY JUST SHUT UP. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. JUST CALL THE COPS. GREAT!

Kunyomi

くち mouth
★★★★★

Jukugo

出口(でぐち)

exit. ★★★★★ KUNKUN
(pull out / hand over) + (mouth) = 出口 (exit.)

入り口(いりぐち)

entrance ★★★★☆ NOKURI
(put/go in) + (mouth) = 入り口 (entrance)

entrance (often shortened to 入口)

悪口(わるぐち)

talking shit about someone. ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN
(bad) + (mouth) = 悪口 (talking shit about someone.)

銀行口座(ぎんこうこうざ)

bank account ★★★☆☆
(bank) + (mouth) + (sit) = 銀行口座 (bank account)

口説く(くどく)

pester ★★☆☆☆
(mouth) + (explain) = 口説く (pester)

pester someone, usually for sex

人口(じんこう)

population ★★☆☆☆
(person) + (mouth) = 人口 (population)

窓口(まどぐち)

service window ★★☆☆☆ KUNKUN
(window) + (mouth) = 窓口 (service window)

the kind of depressing place where you get a ticket or food from a person in a box with usually a bulletproof plexiglas window between you and them.

口実(こうじつ)

pretext ★☆☆☆☆
(mouth) + (truth) = 口実 (pretext)

a pretext. Like, "I'm studying to be a preacher, but that's just a pretext for me to meet virgin dudes."

Used In

Synonyms

persuade
説得    口説く   
spicy
辛い    辛口   
tone of voice
調子    口調    喋り方