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噎
yē
1. to choke (on)
2. to choke up
3. to suffocate
Common • Top 16% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

噎
yē
to choke; to hiccup
15 丶

Compound Words (6)

哽噎
gěngyē
to choke on one's food
噎住
yēzhù
to choke (on)
抽噎
chōuyē
to sob
胸噎
xiōngyē
thoracic choke (animal harness)
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
抽抽噎噎
chōuchouyēyē
to sob and sniffle

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,960
Word Frequency Rank
13,226 of 84,292