gěng
choke (with grief)
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 哽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to choke with emotion | ||
choking | ||
to choke on one's food | ||
to choke with grief |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3694th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+54FD |
Shuowen | “哽，語為舌所介也。从口，更聲。” |
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