# 喉

| 喉 | U+5589, &#21897; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5589 |
| ← 喈 [U+5588] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 喊 → [U+558A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

喉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口人弓大 (RONK), four-corner 6703$_4$, composition ⿰口侯)

#### Derived characters

* 𪅺

#### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (kaʹ, “neck”), Khmer ក (kɑɑ, “neck”), Vietnamese cổ (“neck”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hóu (hou$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hou$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): heu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): heu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hèu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hêu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hueh$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): ě
* Eastern Min (BUC): hèu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ao$^2$ / hieo$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): âu / hô͘ / hiô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ao$^5$ / ao$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gheu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hóu
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^2$
*** Yale: hóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
*** Palladius: хоу (xou)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hou$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xou
*** Sinological IPA : /xəu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^4$
*** Yale: hàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: heu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /heu²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: heu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛu²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hèu
*** Hakka Romanization System: heu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: heu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hueh$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuəʔ⁵⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě
*** Sinological IPA : /e²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hèu
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /au¹³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hieu¹³/
* ao2 - vernacular;
* hieo2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: huw
Rime :
| Character | 喉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸鉤切 |
| Baxter | huw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəw/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣu/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤ(r)o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 喉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hóu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ huw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁ(r)o/ |
| English | throat |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 喉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5140 |
| Phonetic component | 侯 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡoː/ |

### Definitions

喉
* (anatomy) larynx
* (by extension) throat; gullet
* (Cantonese) pipe; duct; hose; tube (Classifier: 條／条 c)
* guttural

#### Synonyms

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

#### See also

* 咽 (yān, “pharynx”)

### Compounds

* 割喉 (gēhóu)
* 咽喉 (yānhóu)
* 咽喉要路
* 喉吻
* 喉咽 (hóuyān)
* 喉嚨 / 喉咙 (hóulóng, “throat”)
* 喉塞音
* 喉急
* 喉擦音
* 喉炎 (hóuyán)
* 喉片
* 喉痧
* 喉癌 (hóu'ái)
* 喉科 (hóukē)
* 喉管 (hóuguǎn)
* 喉結 / 喉结 (hóujié)
* 喉舌 (hóushé)
* 喉衿
* 喉鏡 / 喉镜 (hóujìng)
* 喉長氣短 / 喉长气短
* 喉音 (hóuyīn)
* 喉頭 / 喉头 (hóutóu)
* 喉風 / 喉风
* 囀喉 / 啭喉
* 大喉嚨 / 大喉咙 (dàhóulóng)
* 如鯁在喉 / 如鲠在喉
* 弔喉 / 吊喉
* 扼喉撫背 / 扼喉抚背 (èhóufǔbèi)
* 拊背扼喉
* 摩喉羅 / 摩喉罗
* 撫背扼喉 / 抚背扼喉
* 歌喉 (gēhóu)
* 潤喉 / 润喉 (rùnhóu)
* 為民喉舌 / 为民喉舌
* 煙生喉舌 / 烟生喉舌
* 猴急 (hóují)
* 珠喉
* 發喉急 / 发喉急
* 白喉 (báihóu)
* 白喉疫苗
* 結喉 / 结喉 (jiéhóu)
* 耳鼻喉科 (ěrbíhóukē)
* 衿喉
* 襟喉
* 見血封喉 / 见血封喉 (jiànxuèfēnghóu)
* 調喉 / 调喉
* 調喉嗓 / 调喉嗓
* 鎖喉 / 锁喉 (suǒhóu)
* 骨鯁在喉 / 骨鲠在喉 (gǔgěngzàihóu)

### Descendants

* → Proto-Tai: *ɣoːᴬ
** Ahom: 𑜁𑜦𑜡 (khō) or 𑜁𑜞𑜦𑜡 (khrō)
** Lao: ຄໍ (khǭ)
** Saek: กฺ๊อ
** Shan: ၶေႃး (kháu)
** Thai: คอ (kɔɔ)
** Zhuang: hoz

### References

* “喉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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
* Alternative spelling
* 咽
/nomito/ > /nomto/ > /nomdo/ > /nondo/ > /nodo/.
From 喉(のみと) (nomito).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) のど [nóꜜdò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [no̞do̞]

#### Noun

喉(のど) • (nodo)
* throat
* (printing, of a page) the inside margin, whichever vertical margin that is adjacent to the spine of the book
    Antonym: 小口
    Hypernym: マージン

##### 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).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞ː]

#### Counter

喉(こう) • (-kō)
* counter for fish

##### Synonyms

* 尾(び) (bi)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 喉
* のんど Grade: S
* irregular
* Alternative spelling
* 咽
/nomito/ > /nomto/ > /nomdo/ > /nondo/.
From 喉(のみと) (nomito).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nõ̞ndo̞]

#### Noun

喉(のんど) • (nondo)
* throat

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 喉
* のみど Grade: S
* irregular
* Alternative spelling
* 咽
From 喉(のみと) (nomito).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [no̞mʲido̞]

#### Noun

喉(のみど) • (nomido)
* 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(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 喉
* のみと Grade: S
* irregular
* Alternative spelling
* 咽
Compound of 飲み (nomi, “drink”) +‎ 門 (to, “passage”). Nomi is the nominalized form of the verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [no̞mʲito̞]

#### Noun

喉(のみと) • (nomito)
* 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(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
   * 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.

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 喉 (MC huw).
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ (Yale: hhwuw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 후 (hwu) (Yale: hwu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 喉 (eumhun 목구멍 후 (mokgumeong hu))
* hanja form of 후 (“throat, gullet, larynx; guttural”)

#### Compounds

* 인후 (咽喉, inhu)
* 후두 (喉頭, hudu)
* 후두개 (喉頭蓋, hudugae)
* 후두염 (喉頭炎, huduyeom)
* 후두음 (喉頭音, hudueum)
* 후음 (喉音, hueum)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ぬーでぃー (nūdī, 喉)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 喉
* ぬーでぃー Grade: S
From Proto-Ryukyuan *nodoe, a blend of *nodo and *noboe. Cognate with Japanese 喉 (nodo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nuːdiː]

### Noun

喉(ぬーでぃー) (nūdī)
* 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.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

喉: Hán Nôm readings: hầu
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.