嚥

See also: 咽

嚥	U+56A5, 嚥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56A5

← 嚤
[U+56A4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嚦 →
[U+56A6]

Translingual

Han character

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

swallow, gulp

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4545

Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 44

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 701, character 15

Unihan data for U+56A5

Chinese

trad.		嚥/咽^*
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qeːns) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 燕 (OC *qeːn, *qeːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴
  - Yale: yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin³
  - Yale: yin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³/

Middle Chinese: 'enH

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
Baxter	'enH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛn^H/
Li Rong	/ʔen^H/
Wang Li	/ien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qeːns/

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

to swallow

Compounds

下嚥／下咽 (xiàyàn)
乾嚥唾／干咽唾
吞嚥／吞咽 (tūnyàn)
咀嚥／咀咽
唾沫直嚥／唾沫直咽
嚥下／咽下 (yànxià)
嚥住／咽住
嚥唾／咽唾
嚥嚼／咽嚼
嚥息／咽息
嚥日／咽日
嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì)
嚥氣症／咽气症
嚥津／咽津
嚥漱／咽漱
嚥苦吐甘／咽苦吐甘
嚥苦吞甘／咽苦吞甘
嚼嚥／嚼咽
漱嚥／漱咽
狼吞虎嚥／狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn)
狼飧虎嚥／狼飧虎咽
狼餐虎嚥／狼餐虎咽
細嚼慢嚥／细嚼慢咽 (xìjiáomànyàn)
飲嚥／饮咽

Japanese

Kanji

嚥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

swallow, gulp

Readings

Go-on: えん (en)
Kan-on: えん (en)
Kun: のむ (nomu, 嚥む); のど (nodo, 嚥)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚥: Hán Nôm readings: yết, en, ẻn

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