咳

9 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

cough, clear throat

Kun'yomi
  • せく
    		to cough
  • しわぶく
    		to cough
  • せき
    		cough
  • しわぶき
    		cough
On'yomi
  • カイ
  • ガイ

Main Radical

口(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

せき 76.0%
せく 23.3%
カイガイ 0.7%

Character Breakdown

cough, clear throat
せき　せ.く　カイ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
い　ガイ　り (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

せき
咳
cough
せ
咳
　
き
こ
込
　
む
to cough violently
せき
咳
ばら
払
　
い
clearing one's throat
せき
咳
ど
止
　
め
cough medicine
ひゃく
百
にち
日
ぜき
咳
whooping cough
　
か
　
ら
せき
咳
dry cough ②intentional cough (e.g. to get someone's attention)
せき
咳
　
エ
　
チ
　
ケ
　
ッ
　
ト
cough etiquette
せき
咳
　
が
で
出
　
る
to have a cough
せ
咳
　
き
あ
上
　
げ
　
る
to have a coughing fit
せ
咳
　
く
to cough
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References

Unicode hex code 54B3
JIS X 0208 1-19-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 921
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 789
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2162
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2283
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3555
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d6.10
Four corner code 6008.2
De Roo Code 3762