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Chinese symbol for “readily”

一口
yī kǒu
readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite

The closest CC-CEDICT match for readily is 一口 (yī kǒu), defined as: readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
口 kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
radical 30 ⼝ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “readily”

WordPinyinMeaning
动辄 (動輒)dòng zhéeasily; readily
爽捷shuǎng jiéreadily; in short order

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一口.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
出口chū kǒuan exit; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “readily”.

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.