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唇

唇 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. くちびる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「辰」。「くちびる」を意味する漢語｛唇｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lips

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シンHS
Kun (native)
  • くちびるJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音chun2
  • 한글jin
  • Hán-ViệtThần

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5507

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱辰口

Words using this kanji

  • 唇くちびる（くちびる）口腔の前の境をなす上下2個の弁膜であって口を囲むもの。上唇、下唇の二つに分けられ、主として筋肉及び皮膚粘膜より構成される。lip, lips
  • 唇音しんおんlabial, labial consonant
  • 唇腺しんせん哺乳類、爬虫類、両生類の口唇の粘膜にある外分泌腺。labial gland
  • 唇歯しんし唇と歯。 密接な関係にあること。lips and teeth, mutually dependent relation
  • 唇形しんけい植物の花で花冠が大きく上下二つに裂けているもの。labiate, lip-like, lip-shaped
  • 唇頭しんとうtip of the lips
  • 唇裂しんれつうまれつき上唇が裂けていること。口唇裂。みつくち。cleft lip
  • 唇弁しんべんlabellum, lip, velum (in molluscs, medusae, etc.)
  • 唇歯音しんしおんlabiodental, labiodental consonant
  • 唇音化しんおんかlabialization
  • 唇形花しんけいかlabiate flower
  • 唇歯輔車しんしほしゃmutual dependence
  • 唇形花冠しんけいかかんlabiate corolla
  • 唇を奪うくちびるをうばうto steal a kiss, to snatch a kiss
  • 唇を尖らすくちびるをとがらすto pout
  • 唇を引き結ぶくちびるをひきむすぶto purse one's lips

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-7-3
Four Corner
7160.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d7.12
Heisig
2169
Nelson
4654