Kanji details for

 
Uses 19 strokes


Search words that:
- start with 嚥
- end with 嚥
- contain 嚥
swallow
KUN:
  • の.む
    no.mu
ON:
  • エン
    en
Written with 19 strokes

Radicals:
Example words(showing 6 results)

expression, Godan-mu verb
to catch one's breath, to gulp, to have one's breath taken away, to gasp
All readings:
息を呑む【いきをのむ】
息を飲む【いきをのむ】
息をのむ【いきをのむ】
息を嚥む【いきをのむ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
swallowing, deglutition
Other readings:
嚥下【えんか】
咽下【えんげ】
咽下【えんか】

noun
dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing), dysphagy(medical term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.), pulmonary aspiration, mis-swallowing, swallowing down the wrong pipe(medical term)
Other readings:
誤えん【ごえん】

えんせいはいえん
goenseihaien
noun
aspiration pneumonia
Other readings:
誤えん性肺炎【ごえんせいはいえん】