The word 喉咙 (hóulóng), meaning "throat", is formed by combining two characters that each independently relate to the same body part. Both 喉 (hóu) and 咙 (lóng) individually can mean or refer to the throat, and they share the same semantic component (口, meaning "mouth"), visually anchoring them to the concept of the vocal and respiratory passage. Their pairing creates a stable, disyllabic compound where the meaning is reinforced and clarified through this synonymous coupling, a common method in Chinese for forming precise terms for bodily features.