咳 (hāi, ké) — Chinese Character

咳

hāi, ké

sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow

Radical: 口 HSK 5 v, e pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

咳 decomposes into the following components:

口亥

Semantic component: 口; phonetic component: 亥.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 咳.

咳呛

ké qiàng

咳嗽

ké sou

咳痰

ké tán

咳血

ké xiě

干咳

gān ké

止咳

zhǐ ké

镇咳

zhèn ké

北京咳

běi jīng ké

百日咳

bǎi rì ké

止咳糖浆

zhǐ ké táng jiāng

Characters that share the radical 口.

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