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Kanji Detail for 咽 - "throat, choke, sob"
咽
- Meaning
咽 means "throat, choke, sob."
Throat - The passage from mouth to stomach.
Choke - To have difficulty breathing or swallowing.
Sob - To cry with gasping breaths.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
throat; choked; smothered; stuffy
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
throat; pharynx
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
throat; pharynx; narrow pass
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
throat; pharynx
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
咽頭 (pharynx): Located deep in the oral and nasal cavities. One side connects to the larynx, the other to the esophagus. From the base of the skull to the seventh cervical vertebra, it forms a sac-like tube, part of the digestive tract. | Originally written as 嚥. To swallow. (Mencius) "After three swallows, then the ears can hear and the eyes can see." | Voice blocked. Such as 哽咽 (choking up), 幽咽 (sobbing).
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
たまに何か欲しがっても、舌が欲しがるだけで、咽喉から下へはごく僅しか通らなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha