呛

qiàng

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent; (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb; to scold; to speak out against sb

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 仓 sound ( cāng )

Components 口仓

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
呛到	qiāng dào	to choke on (food etc); to swallow the wrong way
呛咕	qiāng gu	to discuss (dialect)
够呛	gòu qiàng	unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely
咳呛	ké qiàng	(dialect) to cough

Characters sharing the sound component 仓 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
仓 sound part	cāng	granary, barn; cabin, berth
枪	qiāng	gun, rife; lance, spear
创	chuàng	to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma
苍	cāng	dark blue; deep green; old, hoary
抢	qiǎng	urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder
疮	chuāng	boil, tumor; wound, sore
沧	cāng	azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
跄	qiàng	to stagger, to stumble
戗	qiāng	to support
怆	chuàng	sad, disconsolate, broken-hearted
鸧	cāng	oriole
炝	qiàng	to stir-fry; to cook in sauce