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The character "噎" is structured with the mouth radical 口 on the left, indicating its association with functions of the mouth and throat, while the right-hand component 壹 serves a dual role as a phonetic marker and a semantic hint, with 壹’s connotations of unity and containment subtly reinforcing the idea of blockage or constriction. Etymologically, this character emerged in early Chinese to describe the physical condition of food obstructing the throat, a literal sense that has been consistently maintained in medical and everyday language across centuries. Its meaning has occasionally broadened to encompass metaphorical obstructions, such as in expressions where speech or emotion is described as choked or stifled, yet the primary definition remains firmly anchored to the physical act of choking.
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他吃饭时噎住了。
小心别噎着。
吃太快容易噎到。
他被面包噎住了喉咙。
喝水可以帮助缓解噎住的感觉。
如果噎住了，应该立即采取措施。
为了避免噎着，她细嚼慢咽。
在紧急情况下，噎住可能需要海姆立克急救法。