嘴

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See also: 咀
嘴 U+5634, 嘴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5634
← 嘳
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘵 →

Translingual

Stroke order
16 strokes

Han character

嘴 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心月 (RYPB), four-corner 61027, composition ⿰口觜)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4256
  • Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 689, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5634

Chinese

trad. 嘴
simp. # 嘴
2nd round simp. 咀
alternative forms 咀
觜
㭰
𭪿
See notes at 咀.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嘴
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
些 *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
跐 *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
柴 *zreː
祡 *zreː
茈 *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
眦 *zreːs
砦 *zraːds
寨 *zraːds, *slɯːɡ
啙 *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
玼 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
皉 *sʰeːʔ
鮆 *zeːʔ, *ʔse
眥 *zeːs, *zes
貲 *ʔse
髭 *ʔse
頾 *ʔse
訾 *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
鴜 *ʔse, *ze
鈭 *ʔse, *sʰe
姕 *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
觜 *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫 *ʔseʔ
訿 *ʔseʔ
呰 *ʔseʔ
嘴 *ʔseʔ
雌 *sʰe
此 *sʰeʔ
佌 *sʰeʔ, *seʔ
庛 *sʰes
疵 *ze
骴 *ze, *zes
胔 *ze, *zes
飺 *ze
齜 *ʔsre

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔseʔ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 觜 (OC *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ).

Etymology

Related to 觜 (OC *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ, “horn-like hair on the owl-head; beak of a bird; mouth”).

Further etymology is unknown. Schuessler (2007) relates it to Tibetan མཚུལ་པ (mtshul pa, “lower part of the face; muzzle; beak”), which is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ts(j)ul (“lip; beak”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Meixian:
    • zoi4 - vernacular;
    • zui3 - literary.
Note: substitute for 喙.
Note:
  • chhùi - vernacular (substitute for 喙);
  • chúi - literary.
Note: substitute for 喙.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 嘴
Mandarin Beijing /t͡suei²¹⁴/
Harbin /t͡suei²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡suei¹³/
Jinan /t͡suei⁵⁵/
Qingdao /t͡sue⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡suei⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡suei⁵³/
Xining /t͡suɨ⁵³/
Yinchuan /t͡suei⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡suei⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /t͡suei⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sei⁴²/
Chengdu /t͡suei⁵³/
Guiyang /t͡suei⁴²/
Kunming /t͡suei⁵³/
Nanjing /t͡suəi²¹²/
Hefei /t͡se²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡suei⁵³/
Pingyao /t͡suei⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡suei⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sz̩³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡sz̩ʷ⁵¹/
Hangzhou /t͡sz̩ʷei⁵³/
Wenzhou /t͡sz̩³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕye³⁵/
/t͡ɕy³⁵/
Tunxi /t͡se³¹/
/t͡si³¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sei⁴¹/
Xiangtan /t͡səi⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sui²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /t͡soi⁵³/
/t͡sui³¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sui³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡søy³⁵/
Nanning /t͡sui³⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡søy³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sui⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sy²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰui²¹³/ 訓讀
Haikou (Hainanese) /sui³⁵/ 訓喙
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘴
Reading # 1/1
No. 1720
Phonetic
component 		此
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		觜
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔseʔ/
Notes 同觜，晚起分化字

Definitions

嘴

  1. (anatomy) mouth (especially the part of the face associated with the mouth) (Classifier: 張／张 m)
  2. (figurative) mouth-like object; beak; nozzle; spout (of a teapot, etc.)
  3. (figurative) food
  4. (figurative) utterance; spoken words; speech
  5. (Cantonese) to kiss
    嘴佢！嘴佢！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    zeoi2 keoi5! zeoi2 keoi5!
    Kiss him/her! Kiss him/her!
  6. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    不敢嘴人  ―  bùgǎn zuǐ rén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. (literary) beak

Synonyms

  • (mouth):
Dialectal synonyms of 嘴 (“mouth”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 口
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 口, 嘴
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 嘴
Taiwan 嘴, 嘴巴
Chengde 嘴
Ulanhot 嘴
Tongliao 嘴
Chifeng 嘴, 嘴巴
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 嘴
Heihe 嘴, 嘴巴
Qiqihar 嘴
Harbin 嘴, 嘴巴
Jiamusi 嘴
Baicheng 嘴
Changchun 嘴
Tonghua 嘴
Shenyang 嘴
Jinzhou 嘴, 嘴巴
Singapore 嘴巴
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 嘴
Tangshan 嘴, 嘴巴
Cangzhou 嘴
Baoding 嘴
Shijiazhuang 嘴
Lijin 嘴
Jinan 嘴
Jinan (Zhangqiu) 嘴, 嘴巴得
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 嘴
Dandong 嘴
Yantai 嘴
Yantai (Muping) 嘴
Qingdao 嘴
Zhucheng 嘴
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嘴, 嘴巴
Lingbao 嘴
Jining 嘴
Daming 嘴
Wanrong 嘴
Linfen 嘴
Yuanyang 嘴, 嘴巴
Zhengzhou 嘴
Xinyang 嘴
Baihe 嘴, 嘴巴
Xi'an 嘴, 嘴巴
Baoji 嘴
Tianshui 嘴
Xining 嘴
Xuzhou 嘴, 嘴兒, 嘴巴
Fuyang 嘴
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 嘴
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 嘴
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 嘴
Bayanhot 嘴
Lanzhou 嘴, 嘴巴子, 嘴巴
Dunhuang 嘴
Hami 嘴
Ürümqi 嘴
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 嘴巴, 嘴巴兒
Nanchong 嘴, 嘴巴
Dazhou 嘴巴
Hanyuan 嘴, 嘴巴
Xichang 嘴, 嘴巴
Zigong 嘴巴兒
Chongqing 嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴兒
Wuhan 嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
Yichang 嘴, 嘴巴
Xiangyang 嘴, 嘴巴子
Tianmen 嘴, 嘴巴
Guiyang 嘴巴, 嘴
Zunyi 嘴巴
Bijie 嘴巴
Liping 嘴巴
Zhaotong 嘴, 嘴巴
Dali 嘴巴
Kunming 嘴, 嘴巴
Mengzi 嘴巴
Lancang 嘴巴
Liuzhou 嘴巴, 嘴
Jishou 嘴巴
Changde 嘴巴
Hanzhong 嘴, 嘴巴
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 嘴, 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
Yangzhou 嘴, 嘴巴子, 嘴巴
Lianyungang 嘴巴
Lianshui 嘴
Nantong 嘴
Anqing 嘴
Wuhu 嘴
Hefei 嘴
Huanggang 嘴巴兒
Hong'an 嘴巴, 嘴巴子, 口
Cantonese Guangzhou 嘴, 口
Hong Kong 嘴, 口
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 嘴
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 嘴
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 嘴
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 嘴
Macau 嘴
Guangzhou (Panyu) 口, 嘴
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 嘴
Guangzhou (Conghua) 口, 嘴
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 嘴
Foshan 口, 嘴
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 嘴, 口
Foshan (Shunde) 嘴
Foshan (Sanshui) 口
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 嘴
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 口嘴
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 口嘴
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 嘴
Zhuhai (Doumen) 嘴
Jiangmen (Baisha) 嘴
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 嘴
Taishan 嘴
Kaiping (Chikan) 嘴
Enping (Niujiang) 嘴
Heshan (Yayao) 嘴
Dongguan 嘴
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 嘴
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 嘴
Qingyuan 嘴
Fogang 嘴
Yingde (Hanguang) 口
Yangshan 嘴
Lianshan (Butian) 嘴
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 嘴
Shaoguan 嘴
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 嘴
Renhua 嘴
Lechang 嘴
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 嘴
Sihui 嘴
Guangning 嘴
Deqing 嘴
Huaiji 嘴
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 嘴
Yunfu 嘴
Xinxing 嘴
Luoding 嘴
Yunan (Pingtai) 嘴
Yangjiang 嘴, 口
Xinyi 嘴
Maoming (Xinpo) 嘴
Lianjiang 嘴
Nanning 嘴, 口
Wuzhou 嘴
Yulin 嘴
Hepu (Lianzhou) 嘴
Guiping 嘴
Mengshan (Xihe) 口
Guigang (Nanjiang) 嘴
Beiliu (Tangliao) 嘴
Baise 口
Bobai 嘴
Lingshan 嘴
Pubei 嘴
Qinzhou 嘴
Beihai 嘴
Ningming 嘴
Hengzhou 口
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 嘴
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 口
Singapore (Guangfu) 嘴
Gan Nanchang 嘴巴, 嘴
Lichuan 嘴, 嘴仔
Pingxiang 嘴巴, 嘴
Hakka Meixian 嘴
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 嘴
Huiyang 嘴
Dongguan (Qingxi) 嘴
Boluo (Bendihua) 嘴
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 嘴
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 嘴角
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 嘴角
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 嘴角
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 嘴
Wuhua (Huacheng) 嘴
Wuhua (Changbu) 嘴
Wuhua (Mianyang) 嘴
Heyuan (Bendihua) 嘴
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 嘴
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 嘴
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 嘴
Wengyuan 嘴
Liannan 嘴
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 嘴
Jiexi 嘴
Luhe 嘴
Changting 嘴
Wuping (Yanqian) 嘴
Liancheng 嘴, 嘴角
Ninghua 嘴管
Yudu 嘴角
Ningdu 嘴
Shicheng 嘴官
Shangyou (Shexi) 嘴包
Tonggu (Sandu) 嘴
Ganzhou (Panlong) 嘴
Dayu 嘴巴
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 嘴
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 嘴
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 嘴
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 嘴
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 嘴
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嘴
Hong Kong 嘴角
Mengshan (Xihe) 嘴
Luchuan 嘴
Luchuan (Daqiao) 嘴, 嘴巴
Sabah (Bao'an) 嘴, 嘴角
Sabah (Longchuan) 嘴
Senai (Huiyang) 嘴
Singkawang 嘴
Huizhou Jixi 嘴
Shexian 嘴
Fuliang 嘴
Shitai (Xianyu) 嘴
Jin Taiyuan 嘴
Pingyao 口, 嘴
Yangyuan 嘴, 嘴巴
Datong 嘴
Xinzhou 嘴
Lüliang (Lishi) 嘴, 口
Changzhi 嘴, 口
Taibus (Baochang) 嘴
Linhe 嘴, 嘴頭子
Jining 嘴, 嘴巴
Hohhot 嘴
Baotou 嘴
Dongsheng 嘴
Haibowan 嘴
Erenhot 嘴, 嘴巴
Pingshan 嘴
Zhangjiakou 嘴
Handan 嘴, 嘴巴
Linzhou 嘴
Suide 嘴, 嘴巴
Northern Min Jian'ou 喙
Jian'ou (Dikou) 喙
Songxi 喙
Zhenghe 喙
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 喙
Jianyang 喙
Jianyang (Huangkeng) 嘴
Wuyishan 嘴
Pucheng (Shibei) 喙巴, 喙
Eastern Min Fuzhou 喙
Fuzhou (Changle) 喙
Lianjiang 喙
Fuqing 喙
Pingtan 喙
Yongtai 喙
Minqing 喙
Gutian 喙
Pingnan 喙
Luoyuan 喙
Fu'an 喙
Ningde 喙
Xiapu 喙
Zherong 喙
Shouning 喙
Zhouning 喙
Fuding 喙
Matsu 喙
Southern Min Xiamen 喙, 喙斗, 喙口, 喙箍
Xiamen (Tong'an) 喙
Quanzhou 喙, 喙斗, 喙口, 喙箍
Jinjiang 喙
Nan'an 喙
Shishi 喙
Hui'an 喙
Anxi 喙
Yongchun 喙
Dehua 喙
Zhangzhou 喙, 喙斗, 喙口, 喙箍
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 喙
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 喙
Hua'an 喙
Nanjing 喙
Pinghe 喙
Zhangpu 喙
Yunxiao 喙
Zhao'an 喙
Dongshan 喙
Taipei 喙
New Taipei (Sanxia) 喙
Kaohsiung 喙
Yilan 喙
Changhua (Lukang) 喙
Taichung 喙
Taichung (Wuqi) 喙
Tainan 喙
Taitung 喙
Hsinchu 喙
Kinmen 喙
Penghu (Magong) 喙
Penang (Hokkien) 喙
Singapore (Hokkien) 喙
Manila (Hokkien) 喙
Longyan 喙佬, 嘴佬
Zhangping 喙佬
Zhangping (Yongfu) 喙, 嘴佬
Datian 喙
Pingnan (Shangdu) 喙
Chaozhou 喙
Raoping 喙
Shantou 喙
Shantou (Chenghai) 喙
Jieyang 喙
Haifeng 喙
Bangkok (Teochew) 喙
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 喙
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 喙
Singapore (Teochew) 喙
Leizhou 喙
Wenchang 喙
Haikou 喙
Singapore (Hainanese) 喙
Puxian Min Putian 喙
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 喙
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 喙
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 喙
Xianyou 喙
Xianyou (Fengting) 喙
Xianyou (Youyang) 喙
Central Min Yong'an 嘴佬, 嘴
Sanming (Sanyuan) 嘴
Sanming (Shaxian) 嘴
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 嘴
Guangze 嘴
Jiangle 嘴
Mingxi 嘴
Shunchang 嘴
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 呲嘴
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 喙嘴
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 嘴, 口
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 嘴, 嘴巴
Shehua Fu'an 嘴
Fuding 嘴
Luoyuan 嘴
Sanming 嘴
Shunchang 嘴
Hua'an 嘴
Guixi (Zhangping) 嘴
Cangnan 嘴
Jingning (Hexi) 嘴
Lishui 嘴
Longyou 嘴
Chaozhou 嘴
Fengshun 嘴
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 口
Wu Shanghai 嘴巴, 嘴, 嘴蒲, 門腔 slang
Shanghai (Chongming) 嘴巴
Suzhou 嘴, 嘴巴
Wuxi 嘴巴
Danyang 嘴
Hangzhou 嘴巴
Ningbo 嘴巴
Wenzhou 嘴嘴, 嘴
Jinhua 口蒲, 口蒲兒, 口
Xiang Changsha 嘴巴, 嘴巴子
Xiangtan 嘴巴子
Loudi 嘴
Shuangfeng 嘴巴
Hengyang 嘴巴子
Quanzhou 嘴, 嘴巴
  • (utterance):
  • (to kiss):
Dialectal synonyms of 吻 (“to kiss”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吻, 親, 親吻
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 吻, 親
Taiwan 吻, 親
Singapore 吻, 親
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 親
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 親
Xi'an 親
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 親
Cantonese Guangzhou 惜, 啜, 痛
Hong Kong 惜, 啜, 嘴
Taishan 啜
Dongguan 啜
Singapore (Guangfu) 惜
Hakka Meixian 唚
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 唚
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 唚
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 唚
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 唚
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 唚
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 唚
Jin Taiyuan 親
Xinzhou 親
Northern Min Jian'ou 蜜
Songxi 鼻
Zhenghe 蜜
Jianyang 蜜
Wuyishan 敕
Pucheng (Shibei) 鼻
Eastern Min Fuzhou 唚
Southern Min Xiamen 唚
Xiamen (Tong'an) 唚
Quanzhou 唚
Shishi 唚
Zhangzhou 唚
Tainan 唚
Penang (Hokkien) 唚
Singapore (Hokkien) 唚
Manila (Hokkien) 唚
Chaozhou 唚
Shantou 唚
Singapore (Teochew) 唚
Haikou 惜
Wu Shanghai 香, 親
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 香
Shanghai (Chongming) 香
Suzhou 香
Hangzhou 香
Ningbo 親

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嘴

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. beak; bill

Readings

  • Go-on: すい (sui)
  • Kan-on: すい (sui)
  • Kan’yō-on: し (shi)
  • Kun: くち (kuchi, 嘴)、くちばし (kuchibashi, 嘴)、はし (hashi, 嘴)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
嘴
くちばし
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
喙
 くちばし on Japanese Wikipedia

Originally from 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”) + 端(はし) (hashi, “tip; edge”).[1] The hashi changes to bashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First attested around 850 CE.[2]

The kanji is composed of 口(くち) (kuchi) and 觜(はし) (hashi, “beak; bill”). See also Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

Noun

嘴(くちばし) • (kuchibashi) 

  1. (zootomy) beak; bill
    • 1999 March 1, “スピック [Spick]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
      くちばしがとても大(おお)きく、大(おお)声(ごえ)で鳴(な)き気(き)の弱(よわ)い相(あい)手(て)を驚(おどろ)かせる。
      Kuchibashi ga totemo ōkiku, ōgoe de naki kinoyowai aite o odorokaseru.
      It frightens faint-hearted opponents with its blaring wails and massive bill.
    • 1999 March 1, “ディッグ・ビーク [Dig Beak]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
      ヘビのように長(なが)い体(からだ)をまるめ、回(かい)転(てん)しながらくちばしで攻(こう)撃(げき)。
      Hebi no yō ni nagai karada o marume, kaiten shi nagara kuchibashi de kōgeki.
      It attacks with its beak as its long body coils like a snake.
    • 1999 October 17, “くちばしヘビ [Beaked Snake]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:
      相(あい)手(て)を長(なが)い体(からだ)で締(し)め上(あ)げ、大(おお)きなくちばしでつついて攻(こう)撃(げき)。
      Aite o nagai karada de shimeage, ōkina kuchibashi de tsutsuite kōgeki.
      It attacks by pecking at its opponent with its huge beak while constricting them with its long body.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
嘴
はし
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
觜

Cognate with 端(はし) (hashi, “tip; edge”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

嘴(はし) • (hashi) 

  1. (zootomy) beak; bill

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “嘴”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “嘴”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

嘴 (eum 취 (chwi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘴: Hán Nôm readings: chủy/chuỷ

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