哽 — Chinese character
哽
gěng
to sob; to choke up
- Pinyin
- gěng
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 口 更
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 更
- Japanese
- 哽 as a kanji
Common words with 哽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哽咽 | gěng yè | to choke with emotion; to choke with sobs |
| 哽噎 | gěng yē | to choke on one's food; to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak |
| 哽喉 | gěng hóu | variant of 鲠喉 (gěng hóu) |
| 哽死 | gěng sǐ | (intransitive) to choke to death |
| 悲哽 | bēi gěng | to choke with grief |
哽 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
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