腔

qiāng
#1,911 most
frequent character
cavity
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

腔 joins 肉 body parts with 空 empty, which serves as both a meaning part and a sound part. It first meant the hollow spaces inside a body, and from there grew to intonation, accent and pitch.

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Example Sentences

这个杯子的腔很大。
zhègè bēizǐ de qiāng hěndà 。
The cavity of this cup is very large.
他有一个特殊的腔。
tāyǒu yígè tèshū de qiāng 。
He has a special cavity.
我们在学习人体的腔。
wǒmen zài xuéxí réntǐ de qiāng 。
We are learning about the cavities of the human body.

Homophones

呛qiāng
to choke
将qiāng
to desire, to invite, to request
抢qiāng
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)

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