咽
yānyànyè HSK7

throat

咽 yān frequency
throat noun
the pharynx or the part of the body between the mouth and the esophagus

他的咽部发炎了，说话很困难。

tā de yān bù fā​yán le, shuō​huà hěn kùn​nan.

His pharynx is inflamed, making it difficult for him to speak.

narrow pass noun
a strategic or narrow passage or gateway

此处地势险要，是连接两省的咽喉要道。

cǐ​chù dì​shì xiǎn​yào, shì lián​jiē liǎng shěng de yān hóu yào​dào.

The terrain here is strategic, serving as a vital passage connecting the two provinces.

咽 (嚥) yàn
swallow verb
to swallow

他端起杯子，咽下了最后一口热茶。

tā duān​qǐ bēi​zi, yàn xià le zuì​hòu yī kǒu rè​chá.

He picked up the cup and swallowed the last sip of hot tea.

咽 yè
choke verb
to choke (in crying)

她喉咙哽咽，一句话也说不出来。

tā hóu​lóng gěng yè, yī jù huà yě shuō bù chu​lai.

Her throat was choked with emotion, and she couldn't say a word.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,031st most common 35.2 per million
Movie subtitles
2,587th most common 7.26 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.64 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
10.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+54BD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)