嘴

beak; bill

16 strokes.

Readings

• くちばし (kun reading): 嘴 (くちばし) beak; 嘴を挟む (くちばしをはさむ) to stick one's nose into (someone else's business)
• シ (on reading): 砂嘴 (さし) spit; 乳嘴 (にゅうし) (mammary) nipple
• はし (kun reading): いすかの嘴 (いすかのはし) (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected); 青嘴鸛 (あおはしこう) Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii)

Components

• 口
• 觜
• 匕 radical spoon
• 口 radical mouth
• 止 radical stop
• 角 radical horn

Words using 嘴

• 嘴 (くちばし) beak
• 嘴を挟む (くちばしをはさむ) to stick one's nose into (someone else's business)
• 砂嘴 (さし) spit
• 乳嘴 (にゅうし) (mammary) nipple
• 嘴管 (しかん) insertion tip (e.g. of a catheter)
• いすかの嘴 (いすかのはし) (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected)
• 青嘴鸛 (あおはしこう) Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii)
• 樋嘴 (ひはし) gargoyle

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