9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

throat, choked, smothered, stuffy

Kun'yomi
  • to be choked
  • むせ
  • throat ②singing voice
On'yomi
  • イン
  • エン
  • エツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

エツ 81.5%
むせむせ 14.8%
イン 3.7%

Character Breakdown

throat, choked, smothered
エツ むせ.ぶ イン (11th)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
cause, factor, be associated with
イン ちな.む よ.る (5th, N3)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 54BD
JIS X 0208 1-16-86
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 920
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 788
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 412
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 309
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2159
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 628
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3577
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1872
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d6.14
Four corner code 6600.0