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Kotomora

嘴

beak, bill

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Readings

On'yomi

  • シ

Kun'yomi

  • くちばし
  • はし

Meaning

嘴 centers on the hard projecting mouthpart of a bird: a beak or bill.

Most common words using 嘴

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  • 嘴くちばし
    N1

    beak; bill

  • 嘴広鸛はしびろこう

    shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)

  • 鶴嘴つるはし

    pickaxe; pickax; pick

  • いすかの嘴いすかのはし

    (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected); unfortunate turn of events; unexpected turn; (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts)

  • 乳嘴にゅうし

    (mammary) nipple; teat

  • 反嘴背高鷸そりはしせいたかしぎ

    pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

  • 反嘴鷸そりはししぎ

    Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

  • 嘴を挟むくちばしをはさむ

    to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in

  • 嘴太ペンギンはしぶとペンギン

    Snares penguin (Eudyptes robustus); Snares crested penguin; Snares Islands penguin

  • 嘴太機織はしぶとはたおり

    grosbeak weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)

  • 嘴太海烏はしぶとうみがらす

    thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia); Brunnich's guillemot

  • 嘴太鴉はしぶとがらす

    jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

  • 嘴広鴨はしびろがも

    northern shoveler (species of duck, Anas clypeata); northern shoveller

  • 嘴曲千鳥はしまがりちどり

    wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)

  • 嘴管しかん

    insertion tip (e.g. of a catheter)

  • 嘴細啄木鳥はしぼそきつつき

    northern flicker (species of bird, incl. the yellow-shafted flicker and the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus)

  • 嘴細鴉はしぼそがらす

    carrion crow (Corvus corone)

  • 嘴長土竜はしながもぐら

    long-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)

  • 嘴長海豚はしながいるか

    spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)

  • 嘴黒阿比はしぐろあび

    common loon (Gavia immer); great northern diver; great northern loon

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Etymology

嘴 combines 口 (mouth) with 觜, which likely contributes the sound and originally referred to a bird's beak or a similar pointed shape. The exact historical development of 觜 is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The mouth radical 口 beside the complex 觜 suggests a specialized mouthpart. Picture a bird's sharp beak as a pointed mouth tool.

Reading mnemonic

For シ, imagine a bird using its beak to sip water: sip -> シ, and the beak is the tool for sipping.