喉
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Translingual
    
    Han character
    
喉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口人弓大 (RONK), four-corner 67034, composition ⿰口侯)
References
    
- KangXi: page 197, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3913
- Dae Jaweon: page 419, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 657, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5589
Chinese
    
| trad. | 喉 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 喉 | |
| alternative forms | 㗋 𦞈 𦞕 | |
Glyph origin
    
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡoː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 侯 (OC *ɡoː).
Etymology
    
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku (“neck; throat”) (STEDT); compare Chepang गुक् (“throat”) (Schuessler, 2007). Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɔʔ (“neck”), whence Mon ကံ (“neck”), Khmer ក (kɑɑ, “neck”), Vietnamese cổ (“neck”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
    
Definitions
    
喉
Synonyms
    
	See also
    
- 咽 (yān, “pharynx”)
Compounds
    
Descendants
    
References
    
- “喉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
    
    
Alternative forms
    
Noun
    
喉 • (nodo)
Synonyms
    
- 咽喉 (inkō)
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ko̞ː]
Synonyms
    
- 尾 (bi)
Alternative forms
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [nõ̞ndo̞]
Alternative forms
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [no̞mʲido̞]
Etymology 5
    
| Kanji in this term | 
|---|
| 喉 | 
| Grade: S | 
| irregular | 
Compound of 飲み (nomi, “drink”) + 門 (to, “passage”). nomi is the nominalized form of the verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink”).
Alternative forms
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [no̞mʲito̞]
References
    
- Unknown (794), Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
- Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.
 
Korean
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle Chinese 喉 (MC ɦəu).
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ (Yale: hhwuw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 후 (hwu) (Yale: hwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Compounds
    
Okinawan
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [nuːdiː]
Derived terms
    
- 喉弦 (nūdījiru, “vocal cords”)
References
    
- “ぬーでぃー【喉】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.