借口 jièkǒu Excuse

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Stroke order

借口 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

借口 — the Chinese character for Excuse (jièkǒu), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 借口 — Excuse

借 — 10 strokes
口 — 3 strokes

Senses

to use as an excuse
excuse; pretext

Characters in 借口

借 jiè — to borrow; to make use of; to avail oneself of
口 kǒu — mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

借口 is pronounced jièkǒu and means “Excuse”.

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