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咙

嚨
lóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 throat

Examples

HSK 6
我喉咙痛，说不出话。
Wǒ hóulóng tòng, shuō bu chū huà.
My throat hurts and I can't speak.
HSK 6
他清了清喉咙，开始讲话。
Tā qīng le qīng hóulong, kāishǐ jiǎnghuà.
He cleared his throat and began to speak.

Tips

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

Components

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.

Stroke Order

咙 lóng