嗓 sǎng throat
throat; voice
怎么记住“嗓”: 口 mouth + 桑 mulberry tree = throat. The singer opens her mouth under the old mulberry tree in the garden, but after last night's concert nothing comes out of her sore throat.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
嗓 = 口 mouth + 桑 mulberry tree
- 口 mouth meaning
- 桑 mulberry tree sound
The singer opens her mouth under the old mulberry tree in the garden, but after last night's concert nothing comes out of her sore throat.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- The throat/voice: 嗓子 (sǎngzi) throat: 嗓子疼 (sǎngzi téng) sore throat; 嗓音 (sǎngyīn) vocal quality: 嗓音低沉 (sǎngyīn dīchén) a deep voice.
- 嗓子 is the colloquial word for throat when talking about voice or soreness, vs anatomical 喉咙 (hóulóng).