Day 5: 口

Welcome back to One Kanji Per Day!
Today’s kanji is simple, visual, and used in many everyday words.

口

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🔤 Meaning of 口

口 means:

• Mouth
• Opening / entrance (in some words)

The shape of this kanji looks like a mouth, which makes it easy to remember.

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👀 Where You See 口 in Daily Life

You see 口 often in signs and daily conversation.

Examples:

• 入口 → entrance
• 出口 → exit
• 人口 → population
• 口語 → spoken language

Once you learn 口, many signs become easier to understand.

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🧠 How Japanese People Use 口 (Real Usage)

Let’s look at useful words Japanese people actually use.

Useful words with 口

• 入口（いりぐち）
  → entrance
• 出口（でぐち）
  → exit
• 人口（じんこう）
  → population
• 口（くち）
  → mouth

These words are common in stations, buildings, and daily life.

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🗣️ Natural Example Sentence

入口はあそこです。
Iriguchi wa asoko desu.
The entrance is over there.

This is a very natural sentence you’ll hear in real life.

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🎌 Small Usage Tip

In Japanese, kanji with 口 often relate to:

• Speaking
• Openings
• Things connected to the mouth

💡 Kanji Tip:
When you see 口 in a kanji, think “mouth” or “opening.”

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🔗 Connection with Previous Kanji

You can already combine what you’ve learned:

• 人 + 口 → 人口 (population)
• 一 + 口 → one mouth (concept of one person)

Your kanji knowledge is growing naturally 😊

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✅ Today’s Goal

For Day 5, remember:

• 口 = mouth / opening
• One word: 入口
• One useful sentence

That’s enough for today 👍

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👉 Tomorrow’s Kanji

Tomorrow, we’ll learn a kanji you already know from days of the week:

火 (fire)

See you tomorrow —
one kanji per day 🔥😊