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Kotomora

喉

throat, voice

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • コウ

Kun'yomi

  • のど

Meaning

喉 centers on the throat as a physical passage and the voice that comes from it. The meanings 'throat' and 'voice' are directly connected: the throat is the organ that produces voice.

Most common words using 喉

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  • 喉のど
    N5

    throat

  • 耳鼻咽喉科じびいんこうか

    otorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology; ear, nose and throat department

  • 喉元のどもと

    throat

  • 喉越しのどごし

    feeling of food or drink going down the throat

  • 喉頭こうとう

    larynx

  • 咽喉いんこう

    throat

  • 喉仏のどぼとけ

    Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence

  • 喉頭蓋こうとうがい

    epiglottis

  • 喉が渇くのどがかわく
    N5

    to be thirsty

  • 喉から手が出るのどからてがでる
    N1

    (wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; a hand reaches out from one's throat

  • 上喉頭動脈じょうこうとうどうみゃく

    superior laryngeal artery

  • 下喉頭動脈かこうとうどうみゃく

    inferior laryngeal artery

  • 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

  • 喉こん

    fish

  • 喉ちんこのどちんこ

    uvula

  • 喉の痛みのどのいたみ

    sore throat

  • 喉を潤すのどをうるおす

    to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

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Etymology

喉 combines 口 (mouth) with 侯, which likely contributes the sound. The character specifically refers to the throat, the passage behind the mouth.

Meaning mnemonic

The mouth 口 is the opening, and the right side 侯 looks like a passage with a lid. Picture the throat as the gateway behind the mouth where voice is formed.

Reading mnemonic

For コウ, imagine a coach shouting instructions through their throat: coach -> コウ, and the voice booms from the throat.