About
The onomatopoeic character 咴 mimics a horse's neigh, whinny, or snort. A phono-semantic compound, it pairs the mouth radical 口 (left), which categorizes it as a sound or vocalization, with the phonetic component 灰 (huī) (right) to indicate the pronunciation. This character is employed in descriptive passages to evoke the auditory texture of horses in literature.
Report an issue
Flag incorrect definitions, examples, etymology, etc.