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Chinese symbol for “altercation”

口角
kǒu jué
altercation; wrangle; angry argument

The closest CC-CEDICT match for altercation is 口角 (kǒu jué), defined as: altercation; wrangle; angry argument.

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Characters and stroke order

口 kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
radical 30 ⼝ · 3 strokes
角 jué
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 口角.

WordPinyinMeaning
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
出口chū kǒuan exit; 个 (gè)
进口 (進口)jìn kǒuto import; imported
口号 (口號)kǒu hàoslogan; catchphrase
门口 (門口)mén kǒudoorway; gate
入口rù kǒuentrance; to import
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.