嗓子
sǎng zi · HSK 7
voice
🗣️ 嗓 = 口 (mouth radical) + sang; your throat is where you SANG from
嗓子 means throat or voice. The 口 mouth-radical on the left flags a body part for sound, and sǎng echoes the English sang — the voice you sang with comes out of this throat.
子 — pictograph of a baby/child with arms out
子 began as a pictograph of a swaddled infant with a large head and outstretched arms, originally meaning 'baby' or 'child.' From there it broadened to 'son,' 'offspring,' and a respectful suffix for masters like 孔子 (Confucius). It also became one of the twelve earthly branches.