Noun
uvula
Usually written using kana aloneColloquialsee 口蓋垂
あお向けに寝ると、舌やノドチンコがノドの奥に下がるため、上気道が塞がりやすくなります。If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.
Characters in this word
1喉
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Dictionary and index codes (15)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3d9.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 6703.4 | Four corner code |
| 5589 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-25-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 960 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 854 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 669 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 506 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2164 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1768 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3913 | Morohashi |
| 2108 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| hou2 | Pinyin reading |
| hu | Korean reading |