咽

咽 U+54BD, 咽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54BD ← 咼 [U+54BC] CJK Unified Ideographs 咾 → [U+54BE]

咽 U+F99E, 咽 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F99E ← 劣 [U+F99D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 烈 → [U+F99F]

咽 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口田大 (RWK), four-corner 6600₀, composition ⿰口因)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3577
• Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 616, character 2
• Unihan data for U+54BD

• Unihan data for U+F99E

simp. and trad.		咽
alternative forms		𠰸 胭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 因 (OC *qin) – connected to the mouth, the throat.

咽

1. (anatomy) throat, pharynx

For pronunciation and definitions of 咽 – see 嚥 (“to swallow”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 嚥).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

咽

1. ^† to make a hoarse sound

(Jōyō kanji)

1. throat

• Go-on: えち (echi)、えん (en)
• Kan-on: えつ (etsu)、えん (en)
• Kan’yō-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kun: のど (nodo, 咽)

• 嗚(お)咽(えつ) (oetsu)

Kanji in this term
咽
いん Grade: S
kan'yōon

• IPA^(key): [ĩɴ]

咽(いん) • (in) 

1. throat

Kanji in this term
咽
えつ Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 咽 (MC 'et).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨ]

咽(えつ) • (etsu) 

1. choked; smothered: Only used in 嗚咽 (oetsu, “sobbing (n.), to sob (v.)”)

Kanji in this term
咽
えん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 咽 / 嚥 (MC 'enH).

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

咽(えん) • (en) 

1. Alternative form of 嚥 (en, “swallow; gulp down”): Only used in 咽下 (enka, enge, “swallowing (n.), to swallow (v.)”)

Kanji in this term
咽
のど Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 咽 – see the following entry.

【のど】 [noun] the throat [noun] (by extension) one's singing voice [noun] (by extension) one's vitals Alternative spellings 喉, 吭

(This term, 咽, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kanji in this term
咽
のんど Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 咽 – see the following entry: のんど

(The following entry is uncreated: のんど.)

Kanji in this term
咽
のみど Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 咽 – see the following entry: のみど

(The following entry is uncreated: のみど.)

Kanji in this term
咽
のみと Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 咽 – see the following entry: のみと

(The following entry is uncreated: のみと.)

From Middle Chinese 咽 (MC 'en).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅙᅧᆫ (Yale: qyèn)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1]	목ᄭᅮ무 (Yale: mwòk-s-kwùmwù)	연 (Yale: yèn)
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576	식구무 (Yale: sik-kwumwu)	연 (Yale: yen)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [in]
• Phonetic hangul: [인]

Wikisource

咽 (eumhun 목구멍 인 (mokgumeong in))

1. hanja form^? of 인 (“throat; pharynx”) [affix]

From Middle Chinese 咽 (MC 'et).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅙᅧᇙ〮 (Yale: qyélq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576	목몔 (Yale: mwok-myeyl)	열 (Yale: yel)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [열]

咽 (eumhun 목멜 열 (mongmel yeol))

1. hanja form^? of 열 (“Used in 오열(嗚咽) (oyeol, “sobbing”): choked; smothered”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

咽: Hán Nôm readings: yết, nhằn, ịt, nhiết, yến

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