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咽
yè
1. to choke (in crying)
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

咽
yàn
throat; pharynx
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (4)

哽咽
gěngyè
to choke with emotion
呜咽
wūyè
to sob
抽咽
chōuyè
to sob
梗咽
gěngyè
variant of [[哽咽<gěngyè>]]

Alternate Entries

咽
yān
narrow pass / throat / pharynx
咽
yàn
variant of [[嚥|咽<yàn>]]
咽
yàn
to swallow

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,030
Word Frequency Rank
4,730 of 84,292