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嚥 Kanji meaning "swallow"

Jiten frequency #2774Kanken Level 1TMW Prima Idol19 strokes

Meanings

swallow

On'yomi

エン

Kun'yomi

の.む

Composed of

口mouthradical
燕swallow (bird)

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

嚥(えん)下(げ)swallowing#22952誤(ご)嚥(えん)breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.)#122327誤(ご)嚥(えん)性(せい)肺(はい)炎(えん)aspiration pneumonia#155455嚥(えん)下(げ)障(しょう)害(がい)dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing)#207360嚥(えん)下(か)不(ふ)能(のう)aphagia#476568老嚥(ろうえん)presbyphagia#476568

Most common words using this kanji

嚥(えん)下(げ)swallowing#22952誤(ご)嚥(えん)breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.)#122327誤(ご)嚥(えん)性(せい)肺(はい)炎(えん)aspiration pneumonia#155455嚥(えん)下(げ)障(しょう)害(がい)dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing)#207360老嚥(ろうえん)presbyphagia#476568嚥(えん)下(か)不(ふ)能(のう)aphagia#476568
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