喉 — 12 strokes / Radical「口」
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- On
- コウこう · kō
- Kun
- のどnodo
- Meaning
- throat
Stroke order
Origin
Mouth plus a phonetic element: the passage deep in the mouth — the throat.
Readings and examples
| Onコウこうkō | 喉頭こうとう咽喉のど |
|---|---|
| Kunのどnodo | 喉のど喉元のどもと |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 咽喉いんこう
the throat
- 喉元のどもと
the base of the throat
Example
風邪で喉がひどく痛い。
My throat hurts badly from a cold.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)