TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
口
ㄎㄡˇ · kǒu
noun — mouth; opening; measure word for people
字源 FORM — what the parts do
口形an open mouth
An open mouth, its round shape squared by the brush. The body's gate — and every gate after it: 門口、路口、出口; the family counted mouth by mouth, 人口.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
鍋蓋一掀，桌邊大大小小的口（口）都張開了——一家幾口，一頓飯就數得出來。
The pot-lid lifts; around the table every mouth (口) opens, big and small — one meal counts the household.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)嘴— mouth常用
→門口、出口— opening, entrance常用
→人口、三口人— measure word for people — counted by mouths
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension