kēngháng

throat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

亢 sound component

  Sound component

kàng

  

high

Definitions

 

kēng

throat; to utter

Most common words with 吭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to utter

一声不吭

to not say a word

吭声

to utter a word

引吭高歌

to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom)

吭哧

to whimper