哽
gěng

choke (with grief)

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
更
更 Sound component
gèng, gēng more

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkraːŋʔ

說文解字

語爲舌所介也。从口更聲。讀若井級綆。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)