唇 – lips

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1992 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 唇 means lips. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くちびる (kuchibiru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	くちびる	kuchibiru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 衣・口・辰・厂.

Words using 唇

唇くちびるlip

Example sentences

冬は唇があれます。

In winter, our lips get chapped.

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Kanji with the same radical

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