Keyword
to swallow
- throat
- pharynx
- Frequency
- #2671
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
yàn
Mnemonic
口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 因 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
咽喉
throat
哽咽
to choke with emotion; to choke with sobs
咽
to swallow
呜咽
to sob; to whimper
咽下
to swallow
吞咽
to swallow; to gulp
咽
throat; pharynx; narrow pass
咽
to choke (in crying)
狼吞虎咽
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
咽炎
pharyngitis
鼻咽癌
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
下咽
(anatomy) hypopharynx
咽气
to die; to breathe one's last
鼻咽
nose and throat
细嚼慢咽
to eat slowly (idiom)
咽鼓管
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽 (yān) to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 (gǔshì) of the middle ear); auditory tube
吞咽困难
dysphagia (medicine)
咽头
pharynx
咽峡炎
angina; sore throat