咽 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道2High school graduate / general ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- イン・エン・エツ
- Kun
- むせ.ぶ・むせ.る・のど・の.む
- Meaning
- throat; pharynx
Origin
Mouth plus a passage relied on: the way food travels from the mouth — the throat.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| イン | 咽喉 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 咽頭いんとう
pharynx
- 咽喉いんこう
the throat
Example
咽頭の炎症で声が出ない。
Inflammation of the pharynx has left me with no voice.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)