Kiokun Logo
噎
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

choke

HSK 10
Human →Body →Face
yē
イツ、エツ
む.せる、むせ.ぶ
열, 일
Components
口 mouth+ 壹 number one =
噎 choke
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
mouth
壹 Phonetic component
yī number one
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
侃 upright and strong兽 bestial (simp)冋 a desert加 add卟 a chemical compound古 ancient叨 talkative叫 call召 summon叭 trumpet叮 sting可 can叱 bawl叶 be in harmony (simp)号 appellation (jp)叹 admire (simp)叼 hold in the mouth叽 sigh (simp)吁 alas (simp)吃 eat (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
噎
Regular
Modern
Chinese
噎 [yē]
to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
噎住 [yē​zhù] #21,051
to choke (on)
因噎废食 [yīn​yē​fèi​shí] #66,508
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
因噎废食 [yīn​yē​fèi​shí] #66,508
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
抽噎 [chōu​yē] #53,540
to sob
抽抽噎噎 [chōu​chou​yē​yē] #62,586
to sob and sniffle
哽噎 [gěng​yē] #62,676
to choke on one's food
胸噎 [xiōng​yē]
thoracic choke (animal harness)
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
むせ返る [むせかえる] #27,284
to choke
むせび泣く [むせびなく] #35,786
to sob
噎せる [むせる] #45,129
to choke
咽ぶ [むせぶ] #61,581
to be choked
むせび泣き [むせびなき] #103,294
sobbing
噎せっぽい [むせっぽい] #292,977
choking