yē
choke
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 噎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to choke (on) | ||
to choke (on) | ||
to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk | ||
to sob | ||
to sob and sniffle |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qˤik | 'et | yē | choke |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.4897% of movies
3112th most common character in movies
3961st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+564E |
Shuowen | “噎，飯窒也。从口，壹聲。” |
Sources
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