口述
こうじゅつ · koujutsu · JLPT N1 · noun
statement
🎤 口 (mouth) + 述 (state) = a statement made by mouth, not in writing
口 means mouth and 述 means to state or narrate. Together they describe a statement given aloud rather than written down.
口 — pictograph of an open mouth
口 is one of the oldest pictographs in Chinese, originally drawn as a simple outline of an open mouth. Its core meaning 'mouth' extended naturally to 'opening' or 'entrance', as in 入口 (entrance). It also serves as a common radical in characters related to speech, eating, or apertures.