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吭 character · B2
吭 ＝ 口 ＋ 亢
ㄏㄤˊ · háng
noun — the throat; verb — to utter a sound

字源 FORM — what the parts do

口義a mouth
亢聲kàng — gives the sound
ITkàng → háng — k softened to h, tone shifts too
A mouth (口) and 亢 kàng for the sound — the bird's throat, the channel a voice climbs. To raise the throat is to sing out: 引吭高歌. 亢 builds the sound in 航、抗、杭.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

鳥脖子一伸，喉嚨（口）一張——一聲長鳴衝上去。
The bird stretches its neck, the throat (口) opens — one long cry climbs out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鳥嚨— a bird's throat
→引吭— to raise the voice; the throat常用
⇒吭聲、吭氣— to utter a sound; to speak up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
亢kàngthe bare phonetic — 吭 adds 口 for the throat that makes the sound杭＝ 木 ＋ 亢hángthe 亢 series — 杭 takes 木, 吭 takes 口