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咽 = 口 + 因
咽 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “windpipe”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 因 (cause). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 628.
- Keyword
- windpipe
- RTK frame
- 628
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- イン, エン, エツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- むせ.ぶ, むせ.る, のど, の.む
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- throat, труба
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 咽 throat
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
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.