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喉 = 口 + 侯

喉 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “throat”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 侯 (marquis). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1768.

Keyword
throat
RTK frame
1768
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
のど
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
горло
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
喉 throat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 侯 marquis

How to find 喉 without knowing its reading

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

Open 喉 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.