1. 咽
  2. 喉

咽

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  • 2027th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
咽→
口因
2Radical
咽→
口mouth囗enclosure大big
3Graphical
咽→
口冂一人一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yān (yan1)narrow pass • throat • pharynx
2. yàn (yan4)to swallow
3. yè (ye4)to choke (in crying)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 咽 yān (yan1)The component 因 is pronounced as 'yīn' (yin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 咽 yàn (yan4)The component 因 is pronounced as 'yīn' (yin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 咽 yè (ye4)The component 因 is pronounced as 'yīn' (yin1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

咽喉 

Uncommon

吞咽 
咽下 
咽炎 
哽咽 
呜咽 (嗚咽)
狼吞虎咽 
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)

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喉

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  • 2092nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
喉→
口侯
2Radical
喉→
口mouth亻humanNo glyph available矢arrow
3Graphical
喉→
口㇒丨匚丿一人一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hóu (hou2)throat • larynx
2. hóu (hou2)appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 喉 hóu (hou2)The component 侯 is pronounced as 'hóu' (hou2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 喉 hóu (hou2)The component 口 is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

喉咙 (喉嚨)

Uncommon

咽喉 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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