唇
lips
Readings
On'yomi
- シン
Kun'yomi
- くちびる
Meaning
唇 centers on the lips as the visible, fleshy border of the mouth. Its meaning is straightforward and concrete.
Most common words using 唇
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lip; lips
- 口唇こうしん
lips
- 上唇うわくちびる
upper lip
- 読唇術どくしんじゅつ
lip reading
- 兎唇いぐち
harelip; cleft lip
- 兎唇としん
cleft lip
- 下唇したくちびる
lower lip
- たらこ唇たらこくちびる
full lips; thick lips
- 下唇動脈かしんどうみゃく
inferior labial artery
- 両唇音りょうしんおん
bilabial
- 丹唇たんしん
red lips
- 円唇えんしん
rounding of the lips; rounded (e.g. vowel)
- 円唇化えんしんか
labialization
- 円唇母音えんしんぼいん
rounded vowel
- 口唇ヘルペスこうしんヘルペス
oral herpes; cold sores; herpes simplex virus 1; HSV-1
- 口唇動脈こうしんどうみゃく
labial artery
- 口唇口蓋裂こうしんこうがいれつ
cleft lip and palate
- 口唇性格こうしんせいかく
oral character (in psychoanalysis)
- 口唇期こうしんき
oral phase; oral stage
- 口唇炎こうしんえん
cheilitis; chilitis; chapped lips
Study
Etymology
唇 combines 辰 (which historically represented a shell or a trembling motion) with 口 (mouth) to indicate the lips. The exact semantic role of 辰 is uncertain, but the character has long been used for 'lips'.
Meaning mnemonic
The mouth 口 sits below 辰, like the fleshy lips beneath the nose area. Picture the 辰 shape as the upper face and 口 as the lips themselves.
Reading mnemonic
For シン, imagine thin lips pressing together: thin -> シン, and the lips are the thin edge of the mouth.