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颔
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Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 含 represents the sound.
Components
頁 Meaning component
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夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)煩 vexed (trad/jp)頃 100 Chinese acres (trad/jp)須 have to (trad/jp)頪 bright white頭 head (trad/jp)頻 repeatedly (trad/jp)碩 big (trad)頂 crest (trad/jp)項 item (trad/jp)順 obey (trad/jp)頌 extol (trad)頏 fly down or downward (trad)預 beforehand (trad/jp)頑 stubborn (trad/jp)頒 promulgate (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
颔
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
颔
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
颔
Regular
Modern
Chinese
颔 / 頷 [hàn]
chin; to nod (one's assent)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
颔首 [hànshǒu] #24,945
to nod one's head
上颔 [shànghàn]
mandible
下颔 [xiàhàn]
lower jaw
下颔骨 [xiàhàngǔ]
lower jawbone
颔下 [hànxià]
under one's chin
颔下腺 [hànxiàxiàn]
submaxillary glands (biology)
颔联 [hànlián]
third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet
颔首之交 [hànshǒuzhījiāo]
nodding acquaintance
颔首微笑 [hànshǒuwēixiào]
to nod and smile
黄颔蛇 [huánghànshé]
adder (zoology)