呛

嗆
qiàng
#3,412 most
frequent character
to irritate the nose

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

呛 joins 口 mouth with 仓 cāng, whose sound is only loosely close. Read qiāng it first meant eating, as birds do, and grew to 'to choke while swallowing'. Read qiàng it means to sting the nose or throat.

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呛qiāng
to choke

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