Read Edit View history Discussion 咳 kékǎhāi HSK5 cough Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas hāi ×ké × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咳 Simp strokes 咳 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咳 Simp strokes 咳 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 咳 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 110, 560 ], [ 131, 541 ], [ 142, 518 ], [ 176, 292 ] ], [ [ 163, 559 ], [ 177, 549 ], [ 287, 578 ], [ 304, 573 ], [ 330, 550 ], [ 306, 437 ], [ 282, 419 ] ], [ [ 195, 359 ], [ 209, 373 ], [ 281, 391 ], [ 321, 393 ], [ 343, 387 ] ], [ [ 566, 815 ], [ 654, 766 ], [ 681, 728 ] ], [ [ 420, 574 ], [ 456, 566 ], [ 491, 567 ], [ 805, 622 ], [ 862, 622 ], [ 892, 614 ] ], [ [ 536, 541 ], [ 569, 510 ], [ 527, 428 ], [ 476, 361 ], [ 459, 317 ], [ 475, 311 ], [ 556, 311 ], [ 584, 324 ] ], [ [ 740, 470 ], [ 707, 461 ], [ 627, 329 ], [ 547, 234 ], [ 452, 142 ], [ 401, 101 ], [ 346, 67 ] ], [ [ 737, 328 ], [ 763, 286 ], [ 695, 185 ], [ 600, 89 ], [ 527, 38 ], [ 476, 12 ] ], [ [ 689, 137 ], [ 708, 137 ], [ 806, 74 ], [ 839, 37 ], [ 853, 6 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 153 559 Q 141 565 117 570 Q 104 574 101 568 Q 94 562 102 546 Q 132 471 144 353 Q 145 317 164 292 Q 180 270 187 285 Q 196 307 191 353 L 187 386 Q 171 501 170 531 C 169 552 169 552 153 559 Z", "M 328 410 Q 343 506 369 535 Q 391 563 367 577 Q 301 610 299 610 Q 289 610 278 604 Q 242 582 153 559 C 124 551 141 522 170 531 Q 176 534 256 551 Q 280 557 286 547 Q 295 541 289 502 Q 283 462 275 412 C 270 382 323 380 328 410 Z", "M 191 353 Q 198 353 208 355 Q 250 365 342 377 Q 352 378 353 388 Q 353 395 328 410 C 308 423 304 421 275 412 Q 226 396 187 386 C 158 378 161 352 191 353 Z", "M 592 771 Q 620 749 651 720 Q 667 707 684 708 Q 696 709 701 724 Q 705 740 694 773 Q 687 794 653 807 Q 572 832 560 823 Q 554 819 557 805 Q 561 792 592 771 Z", "M 569 553 Q 702 580 880 599 Q 893 598 904 613 Q 905 626 879 639 Q 834 666 774 644 Q 588 607 455 590 Q 440 589 426 586 Q 392 582 417 561 Q 453 533 502 541 Q 512 544 528 545 L 569 553 Z", "M 528 545 Q 528 541 530 534 Q 549 474 454 364 Q 394 315 395 312 Q 389 300 423 270 Q 433 260 446 269 Q 471 285 567 294 C 597 297 622 323 592 327 Q 549 333 500 335 Q 494 335 493 337 Q 490 341 496 350 Q 587 480 608 503 Q 618 513 613 524 Q 606 534 569 553 C 543 567 522 574 528 545 Z", "M 567 294 Q 471 186 336 69 Q 315 53 343 58 Q 469 88 653 323 Q 729 429 749 453 Q 759 466 756 475 Q 752 488 725 494 Q 694 503 682 499 Q 675 496 673 483 Q 664 425 592 327 L 567 294 Z", "M 701 155 Q 737 195 786 254 Q 808 278 809 285 Q 809 295 797 308 Q 764 341 735 338 Q 726 337 727 324 Q 730 246 604 122 Q 601 121 599 118 Q 562 82 470 15 Q 461 11 472 7 Q 524 7 638 94 Q 653 107 670 123 Q 674 129 682 135 L 701 155 Z", "M 682 135 Q 683 134 687 130 Q 748 82 821 11 Q 837 -8 853 -11 Q 862 -12 869 -1 Q 879 12 865 55 Q 846 115 701 155 C 672 163 661 156 682 135 Z" ] } 9 strokes 咳 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 110, 560 ], [ 131, 541 ], [ 142, 518 ], [ 176, 292 ] ], [ [ 163, 559 ], [ 177, 549 ], [ 287, 578 ], [ 304, 573 ], [ 330, 550 ], [ 306, 437 ], [ 282, 419 ] ], [ [ 195, 359 ], [ 209, 373 ], [ 281, 391 ], [ 321, 393 ], [ 343, 387 ] ], [ [ 566, 815 ], [ 654, 766 ], [ 681, 728 ] ], [ [ 420, 574 ], [ 456, 566 ], [ 491, 567 ], [ 805, 622 ], [ 862, 622 ], [ 892, 614 ] ], [ [ 536, 541 ], [ 569, 510 ], [ 527, 428 ], [ 476, 361 ], [ 459, 317 ], [ 475, 311 ], [ 556, 311 ], [ 584, 324 ] ], [ [ 740, 470 ], [ 707, 461 ], [ 627, 329 ], [ 547, 234 ], [ 452, 142 ], [ 401, 101 ], [ 346, 67 ] ], [ [ 737, 328 ], [ 763, 286 ], [ 695, 185 ], [ 600, 89 ], [ 527, 38 ], [ 476, 12 ] ], [ [ 689, 137 ], [ 708, 137 ], [ 806, 74 ], [ 839, 37 ], [ 853, 6 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 153 559 Q 141 565 117 570 Q 104 574 101 568 Q 94 562 102 546 Q 132 471 144 353 Q 145 317 164 292 Q 180 270 187 285 Q 196 307 191 353 L 187 386 Q 171 501 170 531 C 169 552 169 552 153 559 Z", "M 328 410 Q 343 506 369 535 Q 391 563 367 577 Q 301 610 299 610 Q 289 610 278 604 Q 242 582 153 559 C 124 551 141 522 170 531 Q 176 534 256 551 Q 280 557 286 547 Q 295 541 289 502 Q 283 462 275 412 C 270 382 323 380 328 410 Z", "M 191 353 Q 198 353 208 355 Q 250 365 342 377 Q 352 378 353 388 Q 353 395 328 410 C 308 423 304 421 275 412 Q 226 396 187 386 C 158 378 161 352 191 353 Z", "M 592 771 Q 620 749 651 720 Q 667 707 684 708 Q 696 709 701 724 Q 705 740 694 773 Q 687 794 653 807 Q 572 832 560 823 Q 554 819 557 805 Q 561 792 592 771 Z", "M 569 553 Q 702 580 880 599 Q 893 598 904 613 Q 905 626 879 639 Q 834 666 774 644 Q 588 607 455 590 Q 440 589 426 586 Q 392 582 417 561 Q 453 533 502 541 Q 512 544 528 545 L 569 553 Z", "M 528 545 Q 528 541 530 534 Q 549 474 454 364 Q 394 315 395 312 Q 389 300 423 270 Q 433 260 446 269 Q 471 285 567 294 C 597 297 622 323 592 327 Q 549 333 500 335 Q 494 335 493 337 Q 490 341 496 350 Q 587 480 608 503 Q 618 513 613 524 Q 606 534 569 553 C 543 567 522 574 528 545 Z", "M 567 294 Q 471 186 336 69 Q 315 53 343 58 Q 469 88 653 323 Q 729 429 749 453 Q 759 466 756 475 Q 752 488 725 494 Q 694 503 682 499 Q 675 496 673 483 Q 664 425 592 327 L 567 294 Z", "M 701 155 Q 737 195 786 254 Q 808 278 809 285 Q 809 295 797 308 Q 764 341 735 338 Q 726 337 727 324 Q 730 246 604 122 Q 601 121 599 118 Q 562 82 470 15 Q 461 11 472 7 Q 524 7 638 94 Q 653 107 670 123 Q 674 129 682 135 L 701 155 Z", "M 682 135 Q 683 134 687 130 Q 748 82 821 11 Q 837 -8 853 -11 Q 862 -12 869 -1 Q 879 12 865 55 Q 846 115 701 155 C 672 163 661 156 682 135 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit 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