Kiokun Logo
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷
🇨🇳

to show the teeth

HSK 10
cha, cay
Components
Traditional (齜)
teeth+ this (literary) =
to show the teeth
Meaning component
teeth
teeth
Phonetic component
this (literary)
this, these
View phonetic series →
Simplified (龇)
齿 gears+ this (literary) =
to show the teeth
齿 Meaning component
chǐ gears
teeth
teeth
Phonetic component
this (literary)
this, these
View phonetic series →
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [zī]
projecting teeth; to bare one's teeth
Example Sentences