口 (Kanji for mouth)

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 出 (pull out / hand over) + 口 (mouth) = 出口 (exit.)
入り口(いりぐち)	entrance ★★★★☆ NOKURI 入 (put/go in) + 口 (mouth) = 入り口 (entrance) entrance (often shortened to 入口）
悪口(わるぐち)	talking shit about someone. ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN 悪 (bad) + 口 (mouth) = 悪口 (talking shit about someone.)
銀行口座(ぎんこうこうざ)	bank account ★★★☆☆ 銀行 (bank) + 口 (mouth) + 座 (sit) = 銀行口座 (bank account)
口説く(くどく)	pester ★★☆☆☆ 口 (mouth) + 説 (explain) = 口説く (pester) pester someone, usually for sex
人口(じんこう)	population ★★☆☆☆ 人 (person) + 口 (mouth) = 人口 (population)
窓口(まどぐち)	service window ★★☆☆☆ KUNKUN 窓 (window) + 口 (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 ★☆☆☆☆ 口 (mouth) + 実 (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."

口 mouth/small box radical

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