嗽
(bound form) to cough
嗽
=
口
+
欶
:
Socrates (s) made a mandarin (口) drink in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and filled it in a drinking bottle (欶), but he did it very sloppy: there are still big pieces of and even whole mandarins in the drink. As he sucks and sucks at the bottle finally he sucks in a whole mandarin and coughs (嗽) without end.
嗽 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
to suck / to drink
欶
=
束
+
欠
:
Mnemonic symbol: a drinking bottle, one of those where you have to suck to drink. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) finds a drinking bottle (欶) in the observatory's bathroom (o4) over a bundle of firewood (束). There is a small fire to keep the bottle's content warm. Sheldon doesn't hesitate, grabs the bottle and empties it, sucking (欶) and drinking (欶) the warm beverage. He carelessly throws an IOU note (欠) towards the bundle of firewood, but it almost instantly touches the fire and burns to ashes.
Characters with 嗽 as component
嗽
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 嗽
Sentences with 嗽
嗽 currently does not appear in any sentence.