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嚥

Readings

Kana: エン、の.む
Romaji: en, no.mu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

swallow

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  30
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-16
Korean Reading:  yeon
Chinese Reading:  yan4
Unicode:  56a5
JIS:  536B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1015
New Nelson Index: 923
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d16.2
Four Corner Index: 6403.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4545
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1171

Words

嚥下 (えんげ、えんか)
(act of) swallowing; deglutition
誤嚥 (ごえん)
breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe
息を呑む (いきをのむ)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
嚥下障害 (えんげしょうがい)
dysphagia; dysphagy
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