嚥 — kanji meaning “swallow”
嚥
swallow
- Meanings
- swallow
- On'yomi
- エン (en)
- Kun'yomi
- の.む
- Strokes
- 19
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- yàn — Chinese character page
Words with 嚥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嚥下 | えんげ enge | swallowing; deglutition |
| 誤嚥 | ごえん goen | breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing |
| 嚥下障害 | えんげしょうがい engeshougai | dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing); dysphagy |
| 嚥下不能 | えんかふのう enkafunou | aphagia; aglutition; acataposis |
| 老嚥 | ろうえん rouen | presbyphagia |
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