咽 (yān, yàn, yè) — Chinese Character

咽

yān, yàn, yè

throat; pharynx; narrow pass

Radical: 口 HSK 7 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

咽 decomposes into the following components:

口因

Semantic component: 口; phonetic component: 因.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 咽.

下咽

xià yān

下咽

xià yàn

前咽

qián yān

吞咽

tūn yàn

呜咽

wū yè

咽下

yàn xià

咽住

yàn zhù

咽喉

yān hóu

咽头

yān tóu

咽峡

yān xiá

咽气

yàn qì

咽炎

yān yán

Characters that share the radical 口.

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