哽噎
gěng​yē

be choked up

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)

噎 yē, yì, shà choke

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

壹
壹 Sound component
yī, yīn number one

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔetqˤikchoke
Zhengzhangqiːɡ

說文解字

飯窒也。从口壹聲。

Sources

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