one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
啓啓RS 启启 | | open, begin, commence, explain, say, disclose | - RS. the door 户 being opened with the hand 攵 thus there is light and things can be explained 口
- hand pushing open 攵 the door 户 of the mouth 口
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喲喲RS 哟哟 | 噝啲 | ah, oh, final particle | - mouth 口 wrapped 勺 by a silk ribbon 糸/纟says ah
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司司RS | | director, officer, take charge of, control, manage, a (government) department | - person leaning to the left ㇕ in his chair giving one 一 order 口 after another
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喊喊RS | 㘕䁍䌠噉嚂趯 𠳾𠽦𠿑 | shout, call, scream | | |
君君RS | | sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince, you, old boy | - he governs 尹 and speaks 口 justice; I revere you oh majesty; generally sovereigns are old men
| 様; 汝; 主 公 殿; 伊; 郡 群 |
卻卻RS 却却 | | still, but, decline, retreat | - RS. the person 卩 who escapes 谷/去 (person 人 leaves 八 the house 口): retreat
- one wants to leave 谷/去 but the exit it sealed 卩
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拐拐RS | | kidnap, abduct, turn | - hand 扌 kidnapping someone 口 with strength 力 or weapon 刀
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鳴鳴RS 鸣鸣 | | cry of bird or animal, make sound | | 歌; 音 |
輯輯RS 辑辑 | 集𨌖𨍐𨍣𨍾𨎵 | gather up, collect, edit, compile | - listen 耳 to what people say 口, gather up the best slanders 咠, and use a machine 車/车 to edit it
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和和RS | 咊咼啝惒盉私 訸鉌龢𤧗𥤉𧇮 | harmony, peace, peaceful, calm | - countryside: where one can eat 口 one's rice 禾 in peace and harmony
| 靖 康 寧 安 幽 泰 静 妥 穏 鎮 尉; 邦; 軟 柔
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咠咠RS | 𠶻𦙃 | to whisper, to blame, to slander | - mouth 口 whispers into the ear 耳 slandering good people
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告告RS | | tell, announce, inform, accuse | - using the mouth 口 with horns ⺧
- fortuneteller reads 口 the future in the cracks of the burnt horns ⺧
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吽吽RS | | roar, bark, growl | - using the mouth 口 with horns 牛
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啤啤RS | | beer, character used in transliterating | - humble 卑 liquid pleasing the mouth 口
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要要RS | | necessary, essential, necessity, important, demand | - RS. hands 廾 around the head 口 of a child (覀) to be delivered from a woman 女: necessary to deliver a healthy child
- an important western 覀 woman 女 demands whatever she will
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㕣㕣RS | | river | - water spreading 八 from a source 口
| 沿 船 鉛 |
保保RS | | protect, safeguard, defend, care | - RS. woman 亻holding her baby 子 → 呆 (head 口 and feet 木): protect
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口口RS | | mouth, open end, entrance, gate, rad. 30 | - smiling mouth → → 口; the mouth is where food and words enter and get out
- con.: speak, box, pot, person, order
| 穴 古 舌 言 否 召; 勹 束
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襄襄RS 㐮㐮 | | aid, help, assist, undress | - image of a person with two eyes 口口 putting off his hat 亠 and being 龷 undressed from his clothes 𧘇: he's being helped
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呆呆RS | | dull, stupid, simple | - RS. modification of 子 see 保, like a child: stupid
- a tree 木 that has a mouth 口: it looks stupid
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