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CHINESE CHARACTER

qiāng

呛

呛

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pungent

Numbered pinyin
qiang1
English meanings
to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way), to irritate the nose, to choke (of smoke, smell etc), pungent, (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb, to scold, to speak out against sb

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 仓.

Meaning & sound clues

口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.

仓 is identified as the sound component (cāng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 呛.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰口仓

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    qiāng呛dào到le了。

    Choked.

  2. 02

    bèi被yān烟qiāng呛dào到。

    Choked by smoke.

  3. 03

    jíshí及时hē喝shuǐ水。

    Drink water promptly.

  4. 04

    zhùyì注意tōngfēng通风。

    Keep ventilated.

  5. 05

    xiǎoxin小心fángfàn防范。

    Be careful.

  6. 06

    shēntǐ身体jiànkāng健康。

    Good health.

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