嚥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

swallow

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エン
Kun (native)
  • の(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音yan4
  • 한글yeon
  • Hán-ViệtYết

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+56A5

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口燕

Words using this kanji

  • 嚥下えんげ物をぐっと飲み込むこと。食物・飲料・薬などを口、のど、食道を経て胃に取り込むこと。 物をぐっと飲み込む。swallowing, deglutition
  • 嚥下障害えんげしょうがいdysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing), dysphagy
  • 嚥下不能えんかふのうaphagia, aglutition, acataposis

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-16
Four Corner
6403.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d16.2
Nelson
1015