咳 = 口 + 亥

咳 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cough”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 亥 (twelfth earthly branch).

Keyword: cough
Pinyin (Mandarin): hāi
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: кашель
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 咳 cough

Decomposition

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口 mouth
亥 twelfth earthly branch

How to find 咳 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “twelfth earthly branch”. 咳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 咳 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.