Chinese Character 哽 Meanings and components.

Form

哽

Meaning

哽 meaning[3] in English

To Choke With Emotion.

To Choke On A Piece Of Food.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 哽 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and to change or … (更)

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 RMLK

How to write 哽

To write哽geng3to choke … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 更geng4to change … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 更 = 哽

哽 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

哽
Pinyin:geng3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Choke With Emotion . To Choke On A Piece Of Food
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
更
Pinyin:geng4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Change Or Replace . To Experience . One Of The Five Two-Hour Periods Into Which The Night Was Formerly Divided . Watch (E.G. Of A Sentry Or Guard)

Notes

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

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

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