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/
Bernhard 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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嚥 (“to swallow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嚥
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嚥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嚥
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	嚥
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	嚥
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吞
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	吞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嚥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	嚥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吞
	Hong Kong	吞
	Yangjiang	吞
Gan	Nanchang	吞
Hakka	Meixian	吞
Jin	Taiyuan	嚥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吞
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	吞
Southern Min	Xiamen	吞
	Chaozhou	吞
	Jieyang	吞, 啹
	Leizhou	吞
Wu	Shanghai	嚥
	Suzhou	嚥
	Wenzhou	嚥
Xiang	Changsha	吞
Xiang	Shuangfeng	吞

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

(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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