咳 — kanji meaning “cough”
咳
cough, clear throat
- Meanings
- cough, clear throat
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)、ガイ (gai)
- Kun'yomi
- せ.く、しわぶ.く、せき、しわぶき
- Strokes
- 9
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- ké, hāi, kǎ, kài — Chinese character page
Words with 咳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咳払い | せきばらい sekibarai | clearing one's throat; cough |
| 咳き込む | せきこむ sekikomu | to cough violently; to have a coughing fit |
| 百日咳 | ひゃくにちぜき hyakunichizeki | whooping cough; pertussis |
| 咳嗽 | がいそう gaisou | cough; coughing |
| 鎮咳 | ちんがい chingai | cough suppression |
| 空咳 | からせき karaseki | dry cough; hacking cough |
| 労咳 | ろうがい rougai | pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine) |
| 謦咳 | けいがい keigai | cough; hawking |
| 咳止め | せきどめ sekidome | cough medicine; cough syrup; cough lozenge |
| 咳く | しわぶく shiwabuku | to cough; to clear one's throat |
| 咳く | せく seku | to cough |
| 鎮咳剤 | ちんがいざい chingaizai | cough suppressant; antitussive drug; cough medicine |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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