throat or to utter a sound

Animated Stroke Order 吭

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
zài
tái
shàng
yǐn
háng
gāo

He sang loudly on stage

2
shǐ
zhōng
méi
yǒu
kēng
shēng

He never said a word

3
miàn
duì
zhì
wèn
xuǎn
kēng

Faced with questioning, he chose to remain silent

4
shēng
kēng
zuò
zhe

He sat there without saying a word.

5
lǎo
shī
wèn
wèn
xiǎo
míng
shēng
kēng

The teacher asked a question, but Xiaoming remained silent.

6
miàn
duì
píng
xuǎn
shēng
kēng
chéng
shòu

Faced with criticism, she chose to remain silent and endure it quietly.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes7
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2062
Zhuyinㄎㄥ
Components
UnicodeU+542D
CangjieYRHN
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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