咽
throat, choked, smothered, stuffy
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
20 of 30- 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
Study
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.