靥 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

yè

dimples

Phonosemantic compound. 面 represents the meaning and 厌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 靨.

Components

面 Meaning component

miàn

face

厌 Sound component

yàn

dislike

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yè

dimples; dimple

Most common words with 靥

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	靥	dimple
	笑靥	dimple

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4853rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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