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gěngyè

choke up

gěng choke (with grief)

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

更 Sound component

gèng, gēng more

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kraːŋʔ

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)

yàn, yè, yān throat

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚥.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

因 Sound component

yīn cause

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ʔen	ʔˤi[n]	gullet
	ʔenH	ʔˤi[n]-s	swallow (v.)
Zhengzhang		qiːn
		qiːns
		qiːd
Unicode	qet

說文解字

嗌也。从口因聲。

Sources

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