Kanji Detail for 欬 - "cough"

欬

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
欬 means "cough."
1. Cough - A clearing of the throat.
2. Cough - To expel air from the lungs.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

cough; sound of laughter

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

cough; sound of laughter

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to cough

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Coughing due to reversed breath. Colloquially called coughing (欬嗽). | 謦欬 (Ch'ing-k'ai). Means speaking and laughing. See Zhuangzi. Today in correspondence, "as if hearing your voice" (如親謦欬) means "as if meeting face to face."
Onyomi

gai(がい)

kai(かい)

ki(き)
Kunyomi

seki(せき)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

欠 (akubi・kakeru・kenzukuri)
Related Keywords
cough clearing throat expel air lungs