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口

입

구

부수: 口
획수: 3획

口 has the meanings mouth, entrance and speech and functions as a person counter.

口 = 口

X = semantic

• 口 depicts a mouth. From this comes ‘mouth’ associated meanings.

Evolution:
口 = mouth ➔ opening ➔ entrance
口 = mouth ➔ speech
口 = mouth ➔ person counter

口 clearly depicts an opening of the mouth in the same way that ㅁ and ㅂ depict the mouth. In fact, 口 was historically more similar to ㅂ than ㅁ.

mouth
口蓋	구개	the palate (mouth)
口腔	구강	the oral cavity
大口	대구	cod (fish)
口味	구미	appetite; taste
銃口	총구	gun muzzle
口蹄疫	구제역	foot-mouth disease
虎口	호구	a dangerous situation(via metaphor)
speech
口語	구어	spoken language
口頭	구두	being verbal
口令	구령	a command
口號	구호	a slogan; chant
口傳	구전	oral tradition
口實	구실	excuse, pretext
極口	극구	speak highly of
entrance
入口	입구	entrance; gate
出口	출구	exit; outlet
窓口	창구	a window
艙口	창구	a hatch
港口	항구	a port, harbour
排出口	배출구	a vent
突破口	돌파구	a breakthrough
person counter
人口	인구	population
家口	가구	household members
食口	식구	family members