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嚥 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
の.むno.mu
Meaning
to swallow

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 燕 as phonetic: to swallow down.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嚥下えんげ

    swallowing

  • 誤嚥ごえん

    aspiration (into the airway)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

高齢(こうれい)者(しゃ)の誤嚥(ごえん)を防(ふせ)ぐ工夫(くふう)が要(い)る。

Care is needed to prevent aspiration in older people.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

嚥下誤嚥嚥下down誤mistak…叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!茆a wate…爰hereup…衍to ove…捐to giv…涎saliva
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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