吭 kēng throat
怎么记住“吭”: 口 mouth + 亢 high = throat. The singer opens her mouth for the high note, and the whole choir hears it crack deep in her throat.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
吭 = 口 mouth + 亢 high
- 口 mouth meaning
- 亢 high sound
The singer opens her mouth for the high note, and the whole choir hears it crack deep in her throat.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the part for high the sound.
用法
- Reading kēng: to utter a sound, nearly always negated: 一声不吭 (yìshēng-bùkēng) to not make a peep, 别吭声 (bié kēngshēng) don't say a word.
- Separate reading háng = throat, in 引吭高歌 (yǐnháng-gāogē) to sing loudly at the top of one's voice.
- kēng = make a sound (usually 'not a sound'); háng = throat. Two readings, two jobs.