咽
yàn
#2,027 most
frequent character
variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
咽 has 口 mouth as its meaning part and 因 yīn as its sound part. It first meant the throat. Read yān, it means pharynx; read yè, it means to choke or catch in the throat.
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