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kǒumouth; measure word for family members

Theme
Measure words
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
3
Syllable
kou

How 口 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

口 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

瓶子口上贴着一张纸。

Píngzi kǒu shàng tiē zhe yì zhāng zhǐ.

There is a piece of paper stuck on the neck of the bottle.

  • píngbottle
  • zinoun suffix
  • kǒumouth; measure word for family members
  • shàngup; to go up; previous
  • tiēto stick
  • zheongoing state marker
  • one
  • zhāngmeasure word: flat objects
  • zhǐpaper

他们家有五口人。

Tā men jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén.

There are five people in their family.

  • he
  • menplural suffix
  • jiāhome
  • yǒuto have
  • five
  • kǒumouth; measure word for family members
  • rénperson

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • dōuall
  • gǒudog
  • zǒuto walk