cough

mouth (口) + last branch (亥) = cough

亥 lends the sound ké (its original meaning, the last of the twelve earthly branches, is irrelevant here). The mouth radical anchors the meaning: a sound that comes from the throat.

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The last of the twelve earthly branchesPhonetic
MouthSemantic

他一直在,感觉很不舒服。

tā yī zhí zài ké,gǎn jué hěn bù shū fu。

He has been coughing the whole time and feels very uncomfortable.

天气变冷后,她开始得很厉害。

tiān qì biàn lěng hòu,tā kāi shǐ ké de hěn lì hai。

After the weather turned cold, she started coughing very badly.

Words with 咳

镇咳

zhèn ké

cough suppressant

干咳

gān ké

to cough without phlegm

北京咳

běi jīng ké

"Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems

咳呛

ké qiàng

(dialect) to cough

咳嗽

ké sou

to cough

咳痰

ké tán

to cough up phlegm

咳血

ké xiě

to cough up blood

止咳

zhǐ ké

to suppress coughing

止咳糖浆

zhǐ ké táng jiāng

cough suppressant syrup

百日咳

bǎi rì ké

whooping cough

More characters with 口