嘴

Stroke order

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

• 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

Historical forms of the character 嘴
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

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

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).

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!

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   不敢嘴人  ―  bùgǎn zuǐ rén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. (literary) beak

• (mouth):

• (utterance):

• (to kiss):

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. beak; bill

• 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)

 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.

• (Tokyo) くちばし (Heiban – )^[3]
• IPA^(key):

嘴(くちばし) • (kuchibashi) 

1. (anatomy) beak; bill
   • 1999 March 1, “スピック”, 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”, 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”, 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.

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

• (Tokyo) はし (Atamadaka – )^[3]
• IPA^(key):

嘴(はし) • (hashi) 

1. (anatomy) beak; bill

嘴 (eum 취 (chwi))

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嘴: Hán Nôm readings: chủy/chuỷ

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