narrow pass / throat / pharynx
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variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
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throat; pharynx / narrow pass
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咽 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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old variant of 因[yin1]
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cause / reason / because
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Characters with 咽 as component

咽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 咽

to swallow / to suppress
to swallow / to gulp
to die / to breathe one's last
to sob / to whimper
to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
prepharynx (biology)
isthmus of the fauces
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube

Sentences with 咽

咽 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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