咽
Definition
yān:* 口腔后部由肌肉和黏膜构成的管子，分三部分，上段与鼻腔相对称"鼻咽"；中段与口腔相对称"口咽"；下段在喉的后部称"喉咽"。咽是呼吸道和消化道的共同通路（亦称"咽头"） ～喉。 yàn:* 使嘴里的食物或别的东西通过咽头到食道里去。 ～唾沫。狼吞虎～。细嚼慢～。 yè:* 阻塞，声音因阻塞而低沉。 哽～。呜～
throat; pharynx
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->