喉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

throat, voice

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
Kun (native)
  • のどJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音hou2
  • 한글hu
  • Hán-ViệtHầu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5589

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口侯

Words using this kanji

  • のどthroat, singing voice, gutter (inner margins of a book)
  • こんfish, counter for fish
  • 喉笛のどぶえwindpipe
  • 喉頭こうとう気管の一部でその入り口にあたる部分。larynx
  • 喉元のどもとthroat, important part, vital area
  • 喉仏のどぼとけ「のどぼとけ」の漢字表記。Adam's apple, laryngeal prominence
  • 喉輪のどわthrust at the opponent's throat
  • 喉歌のどうたovertone singing, throat singing
  • 喉射のどしゃejaculating in the mouth
  • 喉黒のどぐろblackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides), rosy seabass
  • 喉首のどくびneck, throat, vital part, weak point
  • 喉頭炎こうとうえん咽頭の粘膜におこる炎症の総称。laryngitis
  • 喉越しのどごしfeeling of food or drink going down the throat
  • 喉頭蓋こうとうがい喉頭の入り口にあるさじのような器官。食物を飲み込む際に蓋となり、気管に入るのを防ぐ。epiglottis
  • 喉風邪のどかぜcold in the throat, common cold with a sore throat
  • 喉頭鏡こうとうきょう喉頭を診察するために小さな鏡に細長い柄を取り付けた医療器具。laryngoscope
  • 喉が渇くのどがかわく水分がほしくなる。to be thirsty
  • 喉頭がんこうとうがんlaryngeal cancer, cancer of the larynx
  • 喉を潤すのどをうるおすto appease one's thirst, to wet one's whistle
  • 喉の痛みのどのいたみsore throat

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
6703.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d9.6
Heisig
1768
Nelson
960