Kanji

嚥

Meaning

swallow

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • のむ

On'yomi

  • えん げ swallowing
  • ご えん breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.)
  • えん げしょうがい dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/19

Component Analysis

嚥
swallow
の.む, エン
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
燕
swallow (bird)
つばめ, つばくら, エン
廿
twenty
にじゅう, ジュウ, ニュウ
廾
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
にじゅう, キョウ, ク
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
北
( CDP-8D76 ) north
きた, ホク
灬
( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ, カ

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