Entry
  1. 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.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

throat, voice

Kun
のど
On
コウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2390 of 2500
Radical
mouth

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Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3d9.6The Kanji Dictionary
6703.4Four corner code
5589Unicode hex code
1-25-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
960Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
854New Nelson (John Haig)
669Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
506Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2164Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1768Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3913Morohashi
2108Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
hou2Pinyin reading
huKorean reading