嗓
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throat; voice
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,531 U+55D3
How 嗓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 桑 (phonetic, sāng)
How to remember it
voicebox · Heisig RSH #2752
口 mouth + 桑 mulberry tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 桑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 桑 (sāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桑 sound component | sāng | mulberry tree; surname |
| 搡 | sǎng | to push over; to push back |
| 颡 | sǎng | forehead; to kowtow |
| 磉 | sǎng | plinth, stone base |
Words containing 嗓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗓子眼儿 | sǎng zi yǎn r | erhua variant of 嗓子眼[sang3 zi5 yan3] |
| 嗓子眼 | sǎng zi yǎn | throat |
| 嗓门眼 | sǎng mén yǎn | throat |
| 清嗓子 | qīng sǎng zi | to clear one's throat |
| 假嗓子 | jiǎ sǎng zi | falsetto (in opera) |
| 左嗓子 | zuǒ sǎng zi | off-key singing voice; sb who sings off-key |
| 吊嗓子 | diào sǎng zi | voice training (for Chinese opera) |
| 嗓子 | sǎng zi | throat; voice; CL:把[ba3] |
| 大嗓 | dà sǎng | loud voice |
| 小嗓 | xiǎo sǎng | falsetto (in Chinese opera) |
| 嗓门 | sǎng mén | voice; windpipe |
| 嗓眼 | sǎng yǎn | throat |
| 嗓音 | sǎng yīn | voice |
| 清嗓 | qīng sǎng | to clear one's throat; to hawk |
| 扯嗓子 | chě sǎng zi | to raise one's voice; to speak at the top of one's voice |
| 倒嗓 | dǎo sǎng | (of a singer) to lose one's voice; (male opera singer's) voice change (at puberty) |
| 假嗓 | jiǎ sǎng | falsetto (in opera) |
| 馕嗓 | nǎng sǎng | to stuff one's throat with food |