吭
·
to utter
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,363 U+542D
How 吭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 亢 (phonetic, kàng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亢
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亢 (kàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亢 sound component | kàng | high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname |
| 航 | háng | vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate |
| 坑 | kēng | pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry |
| 杭 | háng | ford; surname |
| 炕 | kàng | the brick-bed in northern China |
| 伉 | kàng | husband, wife; pair; compare, match |
| 沆 | hàng | ferry; fog; to go with the flow |
| 闶 | kāng | door |
| 肮 | āng | dirty, filthy |
| 钪 | kàng | scandium |
| 颃 | háng | to dive, to fly downward |
Words containing 吭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不声不吭 | bù shēng bù kēng | see 不聲不響|不声不响[bu4 sheng1 bu4 xiang3] |
| 一声不吭 | yī shēng bù kēng | to not say a word |
| 引吭高歌 | yǐn háng gāo gē | to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom) |
| 吭气 | kēng qì | to utter a sound |
| 吭声 | kēng shēng | to utter a word |
| 吭吭 | kēng kēng | (onom.) coughing, grunting etc |
| 吭哧 | kēng chi | to puff and blow; to whimper |