咳
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sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,034 U+54B3
How 咳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 亥 (phonetic, hài)
How to remember it
cough · Heisig RSH #2561
口 mouth + acorn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亥 (hài) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亥 sound component | hài | 12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations |
| 核 | hé | core, kernel; nut, seed; atom |
| 刻 | kè | to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment |
| 孩 | hái | baby, child; children |
| 该 | gāi | should, ought to, must |
| 骇 | hài | to terrify, to shock, to frighten |
| 骸 | hái | skeleton, body; leg bone |
| 颏 | kē | chin |
| 赅 | gāi | to include; to prepare for |
| 劾 | hé | to look into; to impeach, to charge |
| 氦 | hài | helium |
| 垓 | gāi | border, boundary, frontier |
| 阂 | hé | separated, blocked; to prevent, to block |
| 胲 | hǎi | hydroxylamine |
| 陔 | gāi | ledge, step, terrace; slope |
Words containing 咳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百日咳 | bǎi rì ké | whooping cough; pertussis |
| 北京咳 | Běi jīng ké | "Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically ex… |
| 止咳糖浆 | zhǐ ké táng jiāng | cough suppressant syrup; cough mixture |
| 咳血 | ké xiě | to cough up blood |
| 干咳 | gān ké | to cough without phlegm; a dry cough |
| 镇咳 | zhèn ké | cough suppressant |
| 止咳 | zhǐ ké | to suppress coughing |
| 咳痰 | ké tán | to cough up phlegm; to expectorate |
| 咳呛 | ké qiàng | (dialect) to cough |
| 咳嗽 | ké sou | to cough; CL:陣|阵[zhen4] |