咽 · yàn
throat; pharynx
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
throat; pharynx
- Mandarin
- yàn
- Cantonese
- jin1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 咽 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
イン エツ エン エチ オン のど のむ むせぶKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 열
- KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
- 인
- KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+54BD
- Radical
- 口 · 30
- Strokes
- 9 · Unihan
- Residual
- 6
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
9 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 咽
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 因 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 因聲
Line 5512 · ⿰口因 · 因聲 · source reference 0220100
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- 'en · 烏前 反切 · #582
- Middle Chinese
- 'enH · 於甸 反切 · #2705
- Middle Chinese
- 'et · 烏結 反切 · #3482
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 4733 · 'en = 山開四平先影 · 'enH = 山開四去先影 · 'et = 山開四入先影
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- yàn
- kCantonese
- jin1
- kDefinition
- throat; pharynx
- kTotalStrokes
- 9
- kRSUnicode
- 30.6
- kGradeLevel
- 5
- kTGH
- 2013:1504
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- yān,yàn,yè,yuān 10616.020
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- yān 1323.010 · yàn 1332.090 · yè 1349.040
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- yān 421.020 · yàn 424.030 · yè 430.060
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- yàn(29) yè(23) yān(9)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- yān粵jin1 yè粵jit3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 烏前 於甸 烏結
- Kangxi positions
- 0188.080
- Guangyun positions
- 134.10 408.27 495.35
- GSR references
- 0370h
- Cangjie
- RWK
- Four-corner
- 6600.0