喉咙
hóu​lóng HSK7

throat

喉 hóu throat

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
侯
侯 Sound component
hóu, hòu marquis

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuw[ɡ]ˤ(r)othroat
Zhengzhangɡoː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

咙 lóng throat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 龙 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚨.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
龙
龙 Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嚨 lóng throat Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
龍
龍 Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːŋ

說文解字

喉也。从口龍聲。

Sources

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