喉

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 Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		喉
simp. #		喉
alternative forms		㗋 𦞈 𦞕

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (侯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
緱	*koː, *koː
侯	*ɡoː
喉	*ɡoː
猴	*ɡoː
瘊	*ɡoː
篌	*ɡoː
糇	*ɡoː
帿	*ɡoː
睺	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
矦	*ɡoː
餱	*ɡoː
翭	*ɡoː
葔	*ɡoː
鄇	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鍭	*ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鯸	*ɡoː
候	*ɡoːs
堠	*ɡoːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, 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).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喉

1. (anatomy) larynx
2. (by extension) throat; gullet
3. (Cantonese) pipe; duct; hose; tube
4. guttural

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喉嚨 (“throat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喉嚨, 咽喉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嗓子
	Taiwan	喉嚨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	喉嚨
	Harbin	嗓子
	Singapore	喉嚨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嗓子, 合嗓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嗓子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	胡嚨, 嗓子
	Wanrong	胡嚨
	Zhengzhou	胡嚨
	Xi'an	胡嚨
	Xining	嗓子, 喉嚨
	Xuzhou	胡嚨, 胡嚨系兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嗓子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嗓子
	Lanzhou	嗓子, 嗓門子
	Ürümqi	嗓子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喉嚨
	Chongqing	喉嚨, 嗓子
	Wuhan	喉嚨
	Guiyang	喉嚨
	Kunming	脖子, 嗓子, 脖喉眼兒
	Guilin	喉嚨
	Liuzhou	喉嚨, 嗓子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	嗓子
	Yangzhou	喉嚨
	Nantong	嗓子管兒
	Hefei	喉嚨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喉嚨, 喉, 頸喉
	Hong Kong	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	喉嚨
	Macau	喉嚨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	喉, 喉嚨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	喉嚨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	喉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頸喉
	Foshan	喉, 喉嚨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	喉嚨
	Foshan (Shunde)	嚨喉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	喉嚨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	喉嚨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	喉嚨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	喉嚨
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	喉嚨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頸喉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頸喉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頸喉
	Taishan	頸喉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頸喉
	Enping (Niujiang)	頸喉
	Heshan (Yayao)	喉嚨
	Dongguan	喉嚨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	喉嚨
	Yangjiang	喉嚨, 喉
	Nanning	喉嚨
	Wuzhou	喉嚨
	Yulin	喉嚨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	喉嚨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	喉嚨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喉嚨
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	喉嚨
Gan	Nanchang	喉嚨
	Lichuan	喉嚨
	Pingxiang	喉嚨
Hakka	Meixian	喉嗹, 喉嚨, 聲喉
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	喉嚨
	Huiyang	喉嗹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	喉嗹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	喉嚨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	喉嚨梗
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	喉嚨, 喉嚨胲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	喉嗹
	Wuhua (Changbu)	喉嚨
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	喉嗹胲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	喉嗹
	Jiexi	喉嗹
	Luhe	喉嚨胲
	Yudu	喉靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喉嗹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喉嗹徑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喉嗹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喉嗹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喉嗹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喉嗹
	Hong Kong	喉嗹
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	喉嚨
	Sabah (Longchuan)	喉嗹
	Senai (Huiyang)	喉嚨
Huizhou	Jixi	喉嚨
Jin	Taiyuan	嗓子, 喉嚨
	Pingyao	喉嚨, 喉嚨器兒
	Xinzhou	喉嚨
	Hohhot	嗓子, 喉嚨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喉嚨, 喉嚨管
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	喉嚨管
	Songxi	喉嚨
	Zhenghe	喉嚨
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	喉嚨
	Jianyang	喉嚨, 喉嚨管
	Wuyishan	喉嚨
	Pucheng (Shibei)	喉嚨, 喉嚨管
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喉嚨, 喉嚨頭
	Fuzhou (Changle)	喉嚨
	Fuqing	喉嚨
	Yongtai	喉嚨
	Gutian	喉嚨頭
	Fu'an	喉嚨
	Ningde	喉嚨
	Shouning	喉嚨
	Zhouning	喉嚨頭
	Fuding	喉嚨頭
	Matsu	喉嚨, 喉嚨頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	嚨喉, 喉空
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	嚨喉
	Quanzhou	嚨喉, 喉空
	Zhangzhou	嚨喉, 喉空
	Zhao'an	頷下, 嚨喉
	Dongshan	嚨喉
	Taipei	嚨喉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	嚨喉
	Kaohsiung	嚨喉
	Yilan	嚨喉
	Changhua (Lukang)	嚨喉
	Taichung	嚨喉
	Taichung (Wuqi)	嚨喉
	Tainan	嚨喉
	Taitung	嚨喉
	Hsinchu	嚨喉
	Kinmen	嚨喉
	Penghu (Magong)	嚨喉
	Penang (Hokkien)	嚨喉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	嚨喉, 嚨喉空, 喉嚨
	Manila (Hokkien)	喉
	Longyan	喉頭裡仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	嚨喉, 頷胿
	Datian	嚨喉頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	喉嚨
	Chaozhou	喉嚨, 喉
	Shantou	喉嚨, 喉
	Shantou (Chenghai)	喉
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	喉嚨
	Jieyang	喉
	Haifeng	嚨喉, 嚨喉空
	Bangkok (Teochew)	喉嚨, 喉頭
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喉嚨
	Singapore (Teochew)	喉嚨, 喉
	Wenchang	喉
	Haikou	喉空
	Singapore (Hainanese)	喉, 喉空
Puxian Min	Putian	嚨喉
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	嚨喉
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	嚨喉
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	嚨喉
	Xianyou	咽頭
	Xianyou (Fengting)	咽頭
Central Min	Yong'an	喉嚨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	嚨喉
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	嚨喉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	喉嚨
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	嗓子, 喉嚨
Shehua	Fuding	喉嚨
	Luoyuan	喉嚨管
	Sanming	喉嚨管
	Shunchang	喉嚨管
	Hua'an	喉嚨
	Guixi (Zhangping)	喉嚨管
	Jingning (Hexi)	喉嚨管
	Lishui	喉嚨管
	Longyou	喉嚨
	Chaozhou	喉嚨
	Fengshun	喉嚨
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	喉嗓條
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	喉梯
Wu	Shanghai	胡嚨, 喉嚨
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	胡嚨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	胡嚨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	胡嚨
	Suzhou	斛嚨, 喉嚨
	Wuxi	胡嚨
	Danyang	喉嚨
	Hangzhou	喉嚨
	Ningbo	胡嚨, 喉嚨
	Wenzhou	靈喉, 喉嚨
	Jinhua	喉嚨
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	喉嚨頭
Xiang	Changsha	喉嚨
	Loudi	喉嚨
	Shuangfeng	喉嚨
	Quanzhou	喉嚨

See also

• 咽 (yān, “pharynx”)

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Japanese

Kanji

喉

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: のど (nodo, 喉, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 咽(いん)喉(こう) (inkō, “throat”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
喉
のど Grade: S
kun'yomi

nomito > nomto > nomdo > nondo > nodo.

Alternative forms

• 咽

Noun

喉(のど) • (nodo) 

1. throat

Synonyms

• 咽喉(いんこう) (inkō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
喉
こう Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 喉 (huw).

Counter

喉(こう) or 喉(counter) • (kō or counter) [[Category:Japanese
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1. counter for fish

Synonyms

• 尾(び) (bi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
喉
Grade: S
irregular

nomito > nomto > nomdo > nondo.

Alternative forms

• 咽

Noun

喉(のんど) • (nondo) 

1. throat

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
喉
Grade: S
irregular

From 喉 (nomito).

Alternative forms

• 咽

Noun

喉(のみど) • (nomido) 

1. throat
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 57:

     喉吻 下无粉反 口邊也 唇兩邊也 上音呉 訓乃美土

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

• 咽

Noun

喉(のみと) • (nomito) 

1. throat
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 81:

     咽咀 上於見反 咽倭云能美等 咀嚼也 咀才與反 倭言久不

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.

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Korean

Hanja

喉 (eumhun 목구멍 후 (mokgumeong hu))

1. hanja form^? of 후 (“throat, gullet, larynx; guttural”)

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Okinawan

Kanji

喉

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: ぬーでぃー (nūdī, 喉)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
喉
ぬーでぃー Grade: S

Cognate with Japanese 喉 (nodo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuːdiː]

Noun

喉(ぬーでぃー) (nūdī) 

1. throat

Derived terms

• 喉(ぬーでぃー)弦(じる) (nūdījiru, “vocal cords”)

References

• “ぬーでぃー【喉】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ヌーディー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 喉 (hầu)

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