Components

唇 means 'lips'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1120   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-12    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 38 words   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   シン
Kun
   くちびる lips
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Lips convey emotion when we seldom realize it! Find out how to say, "I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing," "Lips quivering, she burst into tears," and "He put his finger to his lips as a sign to be quiet." Learn to talk about chapped lips and remedies. And discover phonetics terms involving lips, as well as the Japanese for "You can see how my lips move when I pronounce the word."
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Reading the Face
唇 顎 眉 頬
From the eyebrows to the lips, we express emotions nonverbally by twitching parts of the face, blushing, or smiling. Learn how the Japanese use 眉 (eyebrow) in terms related to worry, melancholy, relief, and disapproval. Read about charming perceptions of facial structure; an eyebrow is an "eave" for the eye, and other parts are metaphorical girders, vehicles, and gates. Discover rich idioms, such as "scorched eyebrows" and "fox pups have white cheeks," and see how the Japanese associate certain facial parts with exhaustion, delicious food, ordering others around, travel expenses, and long-term financial considerations.
⿱   dragon   mouth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 唇 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 唇 is used 25 times, read 2 ways.
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シン : 22 words FIND ALL
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lips; labia
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くちびる : 3 words FIND ALL
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noun
lips
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An additional one less common word includes 唇 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1435  Joy o' Kanji : 1435  Key to Kanji:

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シン   くちびる lips   
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シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
cliff
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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