喉
throat, voice
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
20 of 44- 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
Study
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.