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咽

throat, choked, smothered, stuffy

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolStrokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • イン
  • エン
  • エツ

Kun'yomi

  • むせ.ぶ
  • むせ.る
  • のど
  • の.む

Meaning

咽 centers on the throat and the sensation of blockage or constriction there: the physical throat itself, and the feeling of being choked, smothered, or stuffy.

Most common words using 咽

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  • 咽頭いんとう

    pharynx

  • 耳鼻咽喉科じびいんこうか

    otorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology; ear, nose and throat department

  • 嗚咽おえつ

    sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

  • 咽喉いんこう

    throat

  • 咽ぶむせぶ

    to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered

  • 上咽頭癌じょういんとうがん

    epipharyngeal cancer; epiglottal carcinoma

  • 上行咽頭動脈じょうこういんとうどうみゃく

    ascending pharyngeal artery

  • 下咽頭癌かいんとうがん

    hypopharyngeal cancer; cancer of the hypopharynx

  • 中咽頭癌ちゅういんとうがん

    oropharyngeal cancer; cancer of the oropharynx

  • 咽喉を扼するいんこうをやくする

    to gain control of a key position; to command a key position

  • 咽喉マイクいんこうマイク

    throat microphone

  • 咽喉頭異常感症いんこうとういじょうかんしょう

    globus pharyngis; lump in one's throat; pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia

  • 咽喉頭酸逆流いんこうとうさんぎゃくりゅう

    laryngopharyngeal reflux; LPR

  • 咽頭反射いんとうはんしゃ

    gag reflex

  • 咽頭弓いんとうきゅう

    pharyngeal arch

  • 咽頭後壁膿瘍いんとうこうへきのうよう

    retropharyngeal abscess

  • 咽頭歯いんとうし

    pharyngeal tooth; pharyngeal teeth

  • 咽頭炎いんとうえん

    pharyngitis; sore throat

  • 咽頭痛いんとうつう

    sore throat; pharyngitis; pharyngalgia; pharyngodynia

  • 咽頭癌いんとうがん

    pharyngeal cancer; cancer of the pharynx

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Etymology

咽 combines 口 (mouth) with 因, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest something enclosed or internal, relating to the throat.

Meaning mnemonic

The mouth 口 beside 因, which looks like a person 大 trapped inside an enclosure 囗, like something stuck in the throat. Picture a mouth with something caught inside, making it feel choked and stuffy.

Reading mnemonic

For イン, imagine an inn where the air is so stuffy that your throat feels choked: inn -> イン, and the stuffy inn makes your throat constrict.