咙 (lóng): throat

Meanings

我喉咙痛，说不出话。

Wǒ hóulóng tòng, shuō bu chū huà.

My throat hurts and I can't speak.

他扯着嗓子喊救命。

Tā chě zhe sǎngzi hǎn jiùmìng.

He shouted at the top of his voice for help.

usage

咙 only appears in 喉咙 (throat), the everyday word for the throat. It has no independent use on its own.

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

The mouth radical 口 on the left fits a body part connected to the mouth and voice.

phonetic

龙 lóng

dragon

On the right 龙 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It is purely the phonetic element.

咙 lóng