咽

咽 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口田大 (RWK), four-corner 6600₀, composition ⿰口因)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3577
• Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 616, character 2
• Unihan data for U+54BD

• Unihan data for U+F99E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qiːn, *qiːns, *qiːd) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 因 (OC *qin) – connected to the mouth, the throat.

咽

1. (anatomy) throat, pharynx

咽

1. ^† to make a hoarse sound

(Jōyō kanji)

1. throat

• Go-on: えち (echi)、えん (en)
• Kan-on: えつ (etsu)、えん (en)
• Kan’yō-on: いん (in, Jōyō)
• Kun: のど (nodo, 咽)

• 嗚(お)咽(えつ) (oetsu)

• IPA^(key):

咽(いん) • (in) 

1. throat

From Middle Chinese 咽 (MC 'et).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• IPA^(key):

咽(えつ) • (etsu) 

1. choked; smothered: Only used in 嗚咽 (oetsu, “sobbing (n.), to sob (v.)”)

From Middle Chinese 咽 / 嚥 (MC 'enH).

• IPA^(key):

咽(えん) • (en) 

1. Alternative form of 嚥 (en, “swallow; gulp down”): Only used in 咽下 (enka, enge, “swallowing (n.), to swallow (v.)”)

(The following entry is uncreated: のんど.)

(The following entry is uncreated: のみど.)

(The following entry is uncreated: のみと.)

From Middle Chinese 咽 (MC 'en).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

咽

Wikisource

咽 (eumhun 목구멍 인 (mokgumeong in))

1. hanja form^? of 인 (“throat; pharynx”)

From Middle Chinese 咽 (MC 'et).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

咽 (eumhun 목멜 열 (mongmel yeol))

1. hanja form^? of 열 (“Used in 오열(嗚咽) (oyeol, “sobbing”): choked; smothered”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

咽: Hán Nôm readings: yết, nhằn, ịt, nhiết, yến

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