喉 — Chinese character
喉
hóu
throat, larynx, gullet; guttural
- Pinyin
- hóu
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 口 侯
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 侯
- Japanese
- 喉 as a kanji
Common words with 喉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喉咙 (喉嚨) | hóu lóng | the throat |
| 喉舌 | hóu shé | mouthpiece; spokesperson |
| 咽喉 | yān hóu | throat |
| 深喉 | shēn hóu | deep throating (sex act); a deep throat (anonymous informant) |
| 歌喉 | gē hóu | singing voice |
| 白喉 | bái hóu | diphtheria |
| 喉管 | hóu guǎn | the airway in the throat |
| 喉部 | hóu bù | neck; throat |
| 喉头 (喉頭) | hóu tóu | throat; larynx |
| 割喉 | gē hóu | to slit sb's throat |
| 喉炎 | hóu yán | laryngitis |
| 喉结 (喉結) | hóu jié | Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence |
English words written with 喉
喉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.