咽 = 口 + 因

咽 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “throat”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 因 (cause).

Keyword: throat
Pinyin (Mandarin): yàn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: горло
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 咽 windpipe

Decomposition

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口 mouth
因 cause

How to find 咽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “cause”. 咽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 咽 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.