Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 咽

咽

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Meaning

 narrow pass, throat, pharynx, to swallow

Pronunciation

 yān, yàn, yè

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口 (here: entrance, inlet), right: reason, cause 因 (For the fence 囗 around the tall person 大 is a reason.)

Mnemonic

The inlet defines (= is the reason for) a narrow pass such as: the throat.

Radicals

口 mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
因 reason, cause
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Vocabulary

鼻咽癌 bí yān ái cancers of the nose and throat; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma NPC (medical)
咽喉 yān hóu throat
哽咽 gěng yè to choke with sobs

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