哽 gěng to sob
to sob; to choke up
怎么记住“哽”: 口 mouth + 更 even more = to sob. The bride covers her mouth during the vows, and when her father speaks she has even more reason to sob.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
哽 = 口 mouth + 更 even more
- 口 mouth meaning
- 更 even more sound
The bride covers her mouth during the vows, and when her father speaks she has even more reason to sob.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- To choke up with emotion so words won't come: 哽咽 (gěngyè) to sob/choke on one's words, 哽住 (gěngzhù) to be choked up.
- Specifically the throat tightening from feeling, not from food (that's 噎 yē).
- Common in emotional narration: 说到这里,她哽咽了 saying this, she choked up.