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Kanji Detail for 咽 - "throat, choke"

咽

  • Meaning

    咽 means "throat, choke." Also associated with sob.

    1. Throat - The passage from mouth to stomach.

    2. Choke - To have difficulty breathing or swallowing.

    3. Sob - To cry with gasping breaths.

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    • Verified meaning: throat, choke
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: sob

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

    etsu(エツ) エツ

    in(イン) イン

  • Kunyomi

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    muse.bu(むせ-ぶ) むせ-ぶ

    muse.ru(むせ-る) むせ-る

    no.mu(の-む) の-む

    nodo(のど) のど

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    throat choke sob pharynx breathing cough cry esophagus gasping hoarseness larynx swallow tonsils trachea voice

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