1. 咳

咳

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  1. 咳 is the 2368th most frequent character.
  2. 咳 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 咳 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 咳 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
咳 => 口, 亥
Radical :
咳 => 口 (mouth), 亠 (lid), 丨 (line), ㇙ (N/A), 人 (human)
Graphical :
咳 => 口, 一, 丶, 丨, ㇙, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hai1 - sound of sighing
  2. ke2 - cough

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 咳 (hai1): The component 亥 is pronounced as 'hai4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 咳 (ke2): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

咳 
咳嗽 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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