Chinese Character 咳 Meanings and components.

Form

咳

Meaning

咳 meaning[3] in English

Sound Of Sighing.

(Interjection Expressing Surprise, Sorrow, Regret, Disappointment Etc) Oh.

Damn.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 咳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and 12th earthly branch: … (亥)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RYVO

How to write 咳

To write咳ke2sound of … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 亥hai412th earthly … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 亥 = 咳

咳 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 咳 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 咳, looks as follow:

咳
Pinyin:ke2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sound Of Sighing . (Interjection Expressing Surprise, Sorrow, Regret, Disappointment Etc) Oh . Damn . Wow
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
亥
Pinyin:hai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 12th Earthly Branch: 9-11 P.M., 10th Solar Month (7th November-6th December), Year Of The Boar . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 330°
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
?
Pinyin:?
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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