吻
wěnTraditional: 吻
#1188 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to kiss; a kiss
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the mouth radical marking the sense and a phonetic element. It means the lips, and to kiss.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 口 (mouth) + 勿 (wù, phonetic)
Stroke order
吻
Examples
。
She kissed the child's cheek.
深。
They kissed tenderly.
额。
Mum kissed me on the forehead.
初。
This was their first kiss.
。
He gently kissed her hand.
吻 (wěn) means to kiss, and a kiss. The mouth radical on the left points to its meaning.
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