Question

呉 く.れる、くれ give, do something for 1 1729 7 30 くち・くちへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Picture of a person facing you. 口 is the head. His right arm is raised (your left), to give you something from a tray 一. His legs ハ are below the tray. 呉れる、くれる, to give: 伯父がこの時計を呉れました, "My uncle gave me this watch." Following -て form of another verb, means "to do the favor of": 窓を開けて呉れませんか, "Won't you open the window [do the favor of opening/kindly open the window]?" Usu. written in hiragana. 1897

Accepted Answer

ゴ ぐ 呉れる(くれる): to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given呉れ呉れも(くれぐれも): repeatedly; sincerely; earnestly S 口: mouth八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 口 3 (none) give I see this as a pictograph of an old-style phonograph - a stand, record, crank and bell (the mouth). Even the primitives work out - a tool with a crank which plays music out of the bell mouth. Imaginge giving one of these old and beautiful phonographs to a classical or jazz music buff!

Kanji	呉
Onyomi	ゴ
Kunyomi	く.れる、くれ
Nanori	ぐ
English	give, do something for
Examples	呉れる(くれる): to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given 呉れ呉れも(くれぐれも): repeatedly; sincerely; earnestly
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1729
Components	口: mouth 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	口
Radical Number	30
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くち・くちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	give
Koohii Story 1	Picture of a person facing you. 口 is the head. His right arm is raised (your left), to give you something from a tray 一. His legs ハ are below the tray. 呉れる、くれる, to give: 伯父がこの時計を呉れました, "My uncle gave me this watch." Following -て form of another verb, means "to do the favor of": 窓を開けて呉れませんか, "Won't you open the window [do the favor of opening/kindly open the window]?" Usu. written in hiragana.
Koohii Story 2	I see this as a pictograph of an old-style phonograph - a stand, record, crank and bell (the mouth). Even the primitives work out - a tool with a crank which plays music out of the bell mouth. Imaginge giving one of these old and beautiful phonographs to a classical or jazz music buff!
RTK Index	1897

口 Give Favor Open Crank Bell Music 呉