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哙

噲
kuài
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to swallow; throat
  2. 2 surname Kuai

Examples

HSK 7-9
樊哙是辅佐刘邦的一员猛将。
Fán Kuài shì fǔzuǒ Liú Bāng de yì yuán měngjiàng.
Fan Kuai was a renowned brave general who served Liu Bang.

Tips

history
哙 is not used as a common word today. Its classical meanings (to swallow; throat) are obsolete; it survives chiefly as a surname, most famously the Han general 樊哙. It shares the 会 phonetic with 脍 and 侩.
register
Archaic and literary only, encountered as a historical name or in old texts, not in modern speech.

Components

radical
口 kǒu
mouth
The mouth radical 口 fits the original sense of swallowing and the throat, actions of the mouth.
phonetic
会 kuài
to gather; to be able
会 (read kuài in this phonetic family) gives the sound. The full traditional form writes it as the richer 會; the same phonetic appears in 脍 and 桧.

Stroke Order

哙 kuài