to choke on a piece of food
to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat

鲠 character breakdown

to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
more / even more / further / still / still more

= + : 人心不足,蛇吞象: A person who always wants more is like a snake which wants to eat an elephant.

= + : Guy Fawkes found a snake who ate an elephant in the engine's bathroom, and now it can't move anymore. Together with his friends Bigfoot and the sun, he carries it out of the bathroom.
surname Yu
fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]

= + + : Yu the Great set up a small rice field just inside the entrance of the space station, and there are some fish swimming in the rice field. The space station's crane spotted them and wants to snap one out of the rice field, but just as he was about to snatch one of them, Yu the Great hit him with a flute.

Characters with 鲠 as component

鲠 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 鲠

lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
to choke on a piece of food etc
variant of 耿直[geng3 zhi2]
lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker

Sentences with 鲠

鲠 currently does not appear in any sentence.