甘口
あまくち · amakuchi · JLPT N1 · noun
spirit
🍬 甘口 = 甘 (sweet) + 口 (mouth): a mouth that tastes sweet, so sweet flavor
Both parts are everyday kanji: 甘 means sweet and 口 means mouth. The opposite is 辛口 (karakuchi), meaning spicy or dry.
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.