咧 = 口 + 列

咧 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “stretch mouth”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 列 (a line).

Keyword: stretch mouth
Pinyin (Mandarin): liě
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: stretch mouth, grimace, grin, гримаса, растягивание рта, усмешка, grimace, grin

Decomposition

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口 mouth
列 a line

How to find 咧 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “a line”. 咧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 咧 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.