鲠喉
gěng​hóu

choke

鲠 gěng fish bones Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

更
更 Sound component
gèng, gēng more

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

鯁 fish bones Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkraːŋʔ
Unicodegæ̌ng

說文解字

魚骨也。从魚更聲。

Sources

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