The Chinese word 喉结 is formed by combining the character 喉, meaning 'throat', which itself is composed of the mouth radical 口 indicating its semantic category and the phonetic component 侯 suggesting pronunciation, with the character 结, meaning 'knot', composed of the silk radical 糸 denoting tying and the phonetic component 吉. Together, these characters create the literal term 'throat knot' to describe the Adam's apple anatomically.