守口

守口

Chinese

		to guard	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (守口)		守	口

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 守口 (Moriguchi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǒukǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shǒukǒu [Phonetic: shóukǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shooukoou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

守口

1. (～市) Moriguchi (a city in Ōsaka, Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
守	口
もり Grade: 3	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

守口 (hiragana もりぐち, rōmaji Moriguchi)

1. a place name, such as that of Moriguchi City in Osaka Prefecture
2. A surname​.