嗓

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throat; voice

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 桑 sound ( sāng )

Components 口桑

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口 mouth + 桑 mulberry tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
嗓子眼儿	sǎng zi yǎn r	erhua variant of 嗓子眼[sang3 zi5 yan3]
嗓子眼	sǎng zi yǎn	throat
嗓门眼	sǎng mén yǎn	throat
清嗓子	qīng sǎng zi	to clear one's throat
假嗓子	jiǎ sǎng zi	falsetto (in opera)
左嗓子	zuǒ sǎng zi	off-key singing voice; sb who sings off-key
吊嗓子	diào sǎng zi	voice training (for Chinese opera)
嗓子	sǎng zi	throat; voice; CL:把[ba3]
大嗓	dà sǎng	loud voice
小嗓	xiǎo sǎng	falsetto (in Chinese opera)
嗓门	sǎng mén	voice; windpipe
嗓眼	sǎng yǎn	throat
嗓音	sǎng yīn	voice
清嗓	qīng sǎng	to clear one's throat; to hawk
扯嗓子	chě sǎng zi	to raise one's voice; to speak at the top of one's voice
倒嗓	dǎo sǎng	(of a singer) to lose one's voice; (male opera singer's) voice change (at puberty)
假嗓	jiǎ sǎng	falsetto (in opera)
馕嗓	nǎng sǎng	to stuff one's throat with food

Characters sharing the sound component 桑 — compare how they read.