The kanji 咽: meaning, readings and stroke order

咽

Meaning: throat, choke
On reading: イン in
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: họng, nghẹn (yết)
Japanese: のど。むせる。
Korean: 목구멍, 목메다 (열·인)
Chinese: 咽喉、哽咽

Readings, words and example sentences

イン in · on reading · less common

咽いん喉こう
throat
咽いん喉こうがいたみます。
My throat hurts.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.