唇 chún lips
How to remember 唇: 辰 early morning + 口 mouth = lips. In the early morning cold, the jogger's mouth is so dry that she keeps licking her cracked lips.
Component breakdown
唇 = 辰 early morning + 口 mouth
- 辰 early morning
- 口 mouth
In the early morning cold, the jogger's mouth is so dry that she keeps licking her cracked lips.
How it is used
- The lips - 嘴唇 (zuǐchún) lips, 唇膏 (chúngāo) lipstick, 唇语 (chúnyǔ) lip-reading.
- 唇齿相依 (chúnchǐ-xiāngyī) = as interdependent as lips and teeth (close mutual reliance); 唇亡齿寒 lips gone, teeth cold.
- 口红 is lipstick as a product; 唇 is the body part itself.