1. 咽
  2. 喉

咽

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  1. 咽 is the 2027th most frequent character.
  2. 咽 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 咽 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 咽 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
咽 => 口, 因
Radical :
咽 => 口 (mouth), 囗 (enclosure), 大 (big)
Graphical :
咽 => 口, 冂, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan1 - narrow pass/throat/pharynx
  2. yan4 - to swallow
  3. ye4 - to choke (in crying)

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

咽 

Medium Frequency

吞咽 
咽下 
咽喉 
咽炎 
哽咽 
狼吞虎咽 
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)

喉

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Meta:

  1. 喉 is the 2092nd most frequent character.
  2. 喉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 喉 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 喉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
喉 => 口, 侯
Radical :
喉 => 口 (mouth), 亻 (human), No glyph available, 矢 (arrow)
Graphical :
喉 => 口, ㇒, 丨, 匚, 丿, 一, 人, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hou2 - throat/larynx
  2. hou2 - appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

喉咙 (喉嚨)

Medium Frequency

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