漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
咽: throat, choked
Also: smothered, stuffy
N1 (our estimate)9 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 因 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
インin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 耳鼻咽喉科じびいんこうかotorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology
- 咽喉いんこうthroat
- 咽頭いんとうpharynx
Also read エン, エツ, むせぶ, むせる, のど, のむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
因
Also built on cause (因)
Also read エツ
4 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side咽 throat · 口
vs姻 matrimony · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yàn
Same form: 咽 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 咽 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 咽 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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