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嚥

嚥

嚥 U+56A5, 嚥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56A5
← 嚤
[U+56A4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嚦 →
[U+56A6]
See also: 咽

Translingual

Han character

嚥 (radical 30 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口廿中火 (RTLF), four-corner 64031, composition ⿰口燕)

  1. swallow, gulp

References

  • KangXi: page 213, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4545
  • Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 44
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 701, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+56A5

Chinese

trad. 嚥
simp. 咽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (燕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
燕 *qeːn, *qeːns
驠 *qeːn, *qeːns
嬿 *qeːnʔ, *qeːns
鷰 *qeːns
醼 *qeːns
讌 *qeːns
嚥 *qeːns
酀 *qeːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嚥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 於甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔenH/
Wang
Li		 /ienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嚥
Reading # 1/1
No. 14449
Phonetic
component		 燕
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 宴
Old
Chinese		 /*qeːns/
Notes 見論衡孟子作咽

Definitions

嚥

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嚥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

嚥 • ‎(yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚥 (yết, en, ẻn)

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