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咽 means 'choke'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 2199   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-42    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 34 words   Used in 5 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   イン
Additional readings
On    エツ   エン
Kun    むせぶ to be choked   むせる   のど   のむ
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 咽 - click the badge to download
Investigate the connection between choking and weeping, as well as between the throat, "vital passage," and "key position." Learn to say, "I was choked by smoke" and "She can't talk about her mother without choking up." See how two kanji technically represent different parts of the throat. And discover what it means figuratively for a hand to come out of the throat.
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Components
⿰  口 mouth  因 cause  
See also
噎   
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 咽 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 咽 is used 23 times, read 5 ways.
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イン : 14 words FIND ALL
い ん こ う 0
throat
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エツ : 2 words FIND ALL
お え つ 0
sobbing; weeping; groaning; fit of crying
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エン : 1 word FIND ALL
え ん げ 1 え ん げ 0
Most common form: 嚥下
(act of) swallowing; deglutition
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のど : 2 words FIND ALL
の ど 1
Most common form: のど
noun
1. throat  (often written with kana only)
2. singing voice
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むせぶ : 4 words FIND ALL
む せ び な き 0
1. to sob; to be choked with tears
noun
2. sobbing
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An additional 噎 less common words include 咽 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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咽
イン    to choke   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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因
イン   cause   よる to depend on   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
囗
box, enclosure   
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