Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: throat, choked, smothered, stuffy

Kunyomi: むせ.ぶ むせ.る のど の.む

Onyomi: イン エン エツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

インコウ throat

喉頭異常感症 インコウトウイジョウカンショウ globus pharyngis, lump in one's throat, pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia

嚥下 エンゲ swallowing, deglutition

アイエツ being choked with tears

オエツ sobbing, weeping, fit of crying

Kunyomi Examples

むせぶ to be choked, to be stifled, to be smothered

噎せる むせる to choke, to be choked by, to be stifled by

のど throat, singing voice

喉から手が出る のどからてがでる to want something desperately, to want something (so badly one can taste it)