咽
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to swallow
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,931 U+54BD
How 咽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 因 (phonetic, yīn)
How to remember it
throat · Heisig RSH #1779
口 mouth + dog kennel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 因
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 因 (yīn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 因 sound component | yīn | cause, reason; by; because |
| 烟 | yān | smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes |
| 恩 | ēn | kindness, mercy, charity |
| 茵 | yīn | mattress, cushion; wormwood, Skimmia japon |
| 胭 | yān | cosmetics, rouge |
| 洇 | yīn | to soak; to blot, to splotch |
| 氤 | yīn | fog, mist |
| 铟 | yīn | indium |
Words containing 咽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 | dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn | lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to… |
| 咽下困难 | yàn xià kùn nán | dysphagia (medicine) |
| 咽鼓管 | yān gǔ guǎn | Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the mi… |
| 咽头 | yān tóu | pharynx |
| 耳鼻咽喉 | ěr bí yān hóu | ear nose and throat; otolaryngology |
| 咽气 | yàn qì | to die; to breathe one's last |
| 下咽 | xià yān | (anatomy) hypopharynx |
| 下咽 | xià yàn | to swallow (food or drink) |
| 咽下 | yàn xià | to swallow |
| 前咽 | qián yān | prepharynx (biology) |
| 咽住 | yàn zhù | to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc) |
| 下咽癌 | xià yān ái | hypopharyngeal cancer |
| 狼吞虎咽 | láng tūn hǔ yàn | to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself |
| 吞咽困难 | tūn yàn kùn nán | dysphagia (medicine) |
| 咽炎 | yān yán | pharyngitis |
| 咽峡炎 | yān xiá yán | angina; sore throat |
| 鼻咽 | bí yān | nose and throat |
| 咽喉 | yān hóu | throat |
| 喉咽 | hóu yān | laryngopharynx; fig. a key position |
| 细嚼慢咽 | xì jiáo màn yàn | to eat slowly (idiom) |