ご
誤
えん
嚥

noun, takes する, transitive verb

Medicine, etc. term.
  1. breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.), pulmonary aspiration, mis-swallowing, swallowing down the wrong pipe.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ご
誤
えん
嚥
 誤嚥 ごえん
ご
誤
　
え
　
ん
 誤えん ごえん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mistake, err, do wrong
ゴ　あやま.る (6th, N3)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
give, do something for, kingdom of Wu
ゴ　くれ　く.れる (9th, N1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
swallow
エン　の.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
swallow (bird)
つばめ　エン　つばくら (Kentei Pre-1)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
north
ホク　きた　ほっ (2nd, N5)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ