yàn yān

to swallow; variant of yàn; to choke (in crying)

HSK 6 #2031

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 2031st character
Radical ⼝ (30.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1504

Definitions

咽 yàn
  1. 1. to swallow
  2. 2. variant of yàn
咽 yè
  1. 1. to choke (in crying)
咽 yān
  1. 1. throat
  2. 2. narrow pass
  3. 3. pharynx

Stroke order

咽 stroke order diagram
咽 stroke order animation

Words containing 咽

Word Meaning
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
to swallow; to suppress
throat
to swallow; to gulp
to die; to breathe one's last
to sob; to whimper
to choke with sobs; to choke with emotion
pharyngitis
prepharynx (biology)
dysphagia (medicine)
isthmus of the fauces
isthmus of the fauces
sore throat; angina
sore throat; angina
pharynx
pharynx
auditory tube
fig. a key position; laryngopharynx
to sob; to whimper
dysphagia (medicine)
to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
control a key pass; hold a choke point
to sob
variant of gěng yè
to eat slowly (idiom)
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