咳ké · hāi
to cough. 9 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin ké · hāiStrokes 9Radical 口Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 咳
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–9 write 亥.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 咳 · the stroke-order rules
What 咳 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 亥 (hài, 12th terrestrial branch).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 亥 carries the sound.
Words that use 咳
| 咳 | to cough 指喉部受刺激而猛烈呼气发声 他感冒后总是不停地咳嗽。After catching a cold, he kept coughing nonstop. Lesson 430, 避害迎祥 · 生活百味与造化丹青 · Everyday Sentiments & Scenic Wonders |
Characters that share the sound part 亥
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.