Hanja Analyzer
喉

喉 — hu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
목구멍 후
Romanization
hu
English
throat, gullet, larynx; guttural
Mandarin
hóu
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ゴ
Japanese kun'yomi
のど
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,390 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
口 (30, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
侯(후)
Unicode
U+5589

Parts that make up 喉

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 侯 제후 후sound 활을 쏘는 과녁제후. ‘후’ 계열의 소리

How 喉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 喉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 侯.

Korean example words with 喉

  • 후중喉中 Korean gloss: 목구멍의 안.
  • 액후扼喉 Korean gloss: 목을 죄어 누름.
  • 조후調喉 Korean gloss: 목을 푸는 소리.
  • 후성喉聲 Korean gloss: 목구멍에서 나는 소리.
  • 후성喉腥 Korean gloss: 목 안에서 비린내가 나는 증상.
  • 후설喉舌 Korean gloss: 목구멍과 혀를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 인후咽喉 Korean gloss: ‘목구멍’을 전문적으로 이르는 말.
  • 풍후風喉 Korean gloss: ‘디프테리아’를 한방에서 이르는 말.
  • 후음喉音 Korean gloss: 성대를 막거나 마찰시켜서 내는 소리.
  • 후문喉門 Korean gloss: 식도와 기도로 통하는 입 안의 깊숙한 곳.
  • 후증喉症 Korean gloss: 목구멍이 붓고 아픈 병을 통틀어 이르는 말.
  • 후계喉啓 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 승정원에서 임금에게 글로 아뢰던 일.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 喉

  • 喉のど throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
  • 耳鼻咽喉科じびいんこうか otorhinolaryngology; otolaryngology; ear, nose and throat department
  • 咽喉いんこう throat; vital passage; key position
  • 喉笛のどぶえ windpipe
  • 喉頭こうとう larynx
  • 喉元のどもと throat; important part; vital area
  • 喉仏のどぼとけ Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence
  • 喉輪のどわ thrust at the opponent's throat
  • 喉歌のどうた overtone singing; throat singing
  • 喉射のどしゃ ejaculating in the mouth
  • 喉黒のどぐろ blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
  • 喉首のどくび neck; throat; vital part

Characters sharing the phonetic 侯

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “후” in Korean.

Other hanja read “후”

Other hanja with radical 口

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences