嘴

嘴 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心月 (RYPB), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口觜)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4256
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 689, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5634

Historical forms of the character 嘴
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔseʔ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 觜 (OC *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ).

Related to 觜 (OC *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ, “horn-like hair on the owl-head; beak of a bird; mouth”).

Further etymology is unknown. Schuessler (2007) relates it to Tibetan མཚུལ་པ (mtshul pa, “lower part of the face; muzzle; beak”), which is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ts(j)ul (“lip; beak”) (STEDT).

嘴

1. (anatomy) mouth (especially the part of the face associated with the mouth) (Classifier: 張／张 m)
2. (figurative) mouth-like object; beak; nozzle; spout (of a teapot, etc.)
3. (figurative) food
4. (figurative) utterance; spoken words; speech
5. (Cantonese) to kiss
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   不敢嘴人  ―  bùgǎn zuǐ rén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. (literary) beak

• (mouth):

• (utterance):

• (to kiss):

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beak; bill

• Go-on: すい (sui); し (shi)
• Kan-on: すい (sui); し (shi)
• Kun: くち (kuchi, 嘴); くちばし (kuchibashi, 嘴); はし (hashi, 嘴)

From 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) +‎ 端 (hashi, “tip; edge”). The kanji is composed of 口 (kuchi) and 觜 (hashi, “beak; bill”). See also 嘴#Etymology 2.

• (Tokyo) くちばし [kùchíbáshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕiba̠ɕi]

嘴(くちばし) • (kuchibashi) 

1. (anatomy) a beak; a bill
   • 1999 March 1, “スピック [Spick]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

     くちばしがとても大(おお)きく、大(おお)声(ごえ)で鳴(な)き気(き)の弱(よわ)い相(あい)手(て)を驚(おどろ)かせる。

     Kuchibashi ga totemo ōkiku, ōgoe de naki kinoyowai aite o odorokaseru.

     It frightens faint-hearted opponents with its blaring wails and massive bill.

   • 1999 March 1, “ディッグ・ビーク [Dig Beak]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

     ヘビのように長(なが)い体(からだ)をまるめ、回(かい)転(てん)しながらくちばしで攻(こう)撃(げき)。

     Hebi no yō ni nagai karada o marume, kaiten shi nagara kuchibashi de kōgeki.

     It attacks with its beak as its long body coils like a snake.

   • 1999 October 17, “くちばしヘビ [Beaked Snake]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:

     相(あい)手(て)を長(なが)い体(からだ)で締(し)め上(あ)げ、大(おお)きなくちばしでつついて攻(こう)撃(げき)。

     Aite o nagai karada de shimeage, ōkina kuchibashi de tsutsuite kōgeki.

     It attacks by pecking at its opponent with its huge beak while constricting them with its long body.

From 端 (hashi, “tip; edge”).

• (Tokyo) は​し [háꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕi]

嘴(はし) • (hashi) 

1. (anatomy) a beak; a bill

嘴 (eum 취 (chwi))

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嘴: Hán Nôm readings: chủy/chuỷ

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