喉 – throat, voice

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The kanji 喉 means throat, voice. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is のど (nodo). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	のど	nodo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 化・口・矢・乞.

Words using 喉

喉のどthroat

Example sentences

今日起きたら喉がいがらっぽかったです。

When I got up today, my throat felt a little sore.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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