喉 means “throat”

のど · nodo

Also: voice

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

のど

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A mouth (口) beside 侯, the archery target: the narrow gap every bite and word must pass. 喉 is the throat, 喉が渇く is being thirsty, and NHK's のど自慢, "throat pride", is the long-running Sunday amateur singing show.

Used in 喉 (nodo, throat), 喉仏 (nodobotoke, Adam's apple), and 喉自慢 (nodojiman, amateur singing contest)

More from Head to Toe

• 肘 elbow
• 咽 throat
• 顎 jaw
• 頰 cheek
• 脚 leg
• 眼 eye
• 尻 buttocks
• 掌 palm
• 脇 armpit
• 舌 tongue
• 胴 torso
• 拳 fist

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.