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The Mouth Component 口: Chinese Writing Worksheet

口 is a mouth, and on the left side of a character it often points to something you do with your mouth: eat, drink, call out. It also marks sound words like the question particle 嗎 (ma).

The Mouth Component 口 worksheet in Traditional characters

Traditional

Used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

The Mouth Component 口 worksheet in Simplified characters

Simplified

Used in mainland China and Singapore.

What’s on this worksheet

Character (Traditional / Simplified)PinyinMeaning
口kǒumouth
吃chīto eat
喝hēto drink
叫jiàoto shout, to call
哪nǎwhich
嗎 / 吗ma(question particle)

Pinyin follows the Hanyu Pinyin standard used in mainland China. In Taiwan, some syllables marked here with a neutral tone are often read with their full tone.

How to use it

  1. Print the sheet in the character set you are learning.
  2. Say the character out loud, then trace the grey character slowly.
  3. Write it on your own in the empty boxes, keeping each character inside its square. The dashed lines help you place each part.
  4. Check your writing against the grey character, and try again tomorrow. Short, regular practice works better than one long session.

The worksheets don’t show stroke order. That is easier to learn by watching each stroke being drawn. In the Hanzibloc app you write every character stroke by stroke on your phone, and the app checks each stroke as you go.