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噎

yē

to choke; to hiccup

🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 壹 provides pronunciation

HSK 15 strokes Uncommon (40%)

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Component Breakdown

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口

kǒu

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

壹

yī

one (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

⿰口壹 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

壹

one (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

12 strokes

shì

士

scholar, gentleman; soldier

3 strokes HSK 4

⿱冖豆

Radical component

Words Using 噎 (7)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

噎 ↗

yē

to choke (on) / to choke up / to suffocate

yē

噎 ↗

to choke (on) / to choke up / to suffocate

噎住 ↗

yēzhù

to choke (on) / to choke off (in speech)

yēzhù

噎住 ↗

to choke (on) / to choke off (in speech)

哽噎 ↗

gěngyē

to choke on one's food / to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak

gěngyē

哽噎 ↗

to choke on one's food / to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak

因噎废食 ↗

yīnyēfèishí

lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk

yīnyēfèishí

因噎废食 ↗

lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk

thoracic choke (animal harness)

xiōngyē

胸噎 ↗

thoracic choke (animal harness)