Radical 口

16 strokes

mouth 口 (5) + heron (420a) = mouth 嘴

An almost-unique DIY pronunciation, shared only by this character and the next one.

This is the character which is usually used to refer to a person’s mouth (rather than 口).

The heron had a fish in its mouth, which it took back to its nest to put into the mouth of its young chick. / [DIY pronunciation]

this 此 (314a) + dime 角 (418) = heron

(A zookeeper is showing off his collection of strange objects) “This is the dime I found in the stomach of a heron.” / [No pronunciation needed]