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哙

kuài

Character Traditional 噲

What 哙 means

1. throat
2. to swallow

Other readings

哙 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wèi(interjection) hey
• Kuàisurname Kuai

Characters built on 会

These share the phonetic component 会 (huì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 侩kuàibroker
• 脍kuàichopped meat or fish
• 浍kuàidrain; stream
• 郐Kuàisurname Kuai; name of a feudal state
• 狯kuàicrafty; cunning

Sounds the same

Read kuài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 块lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc…
• 快rapid; quick; speed
• 筷chopstick
• 会(bound form) to reckon accounts
• 侩broker
• 脍chopped meat or fish
• 浍drain; stream
• 廥barn; granary
• 旝(literary) standard; banner (raised for battle); (literary) catapult, or a rock launched…
• 鬠to make a top knot
• 鲙used in 鲙鱼; minced or diced fish (variant of 脍
• 狯crafty; cunning