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吭吭
kēng​kēng

coughing

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

吭 kēng throat

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːŋ
ɡaːŋʔ
ɡaːŋs

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang