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頪

lèi

bright white

Depicts white powder (粉) used as makeup to make the face (頁) a lighter color.

Components
粉 iconic,remnant component

粉  Iconic Remnant component

fěn

  

powder

Depicts white powder used as makeup.

頁 iconic component

頁  Iconic component

yè, xié

  

(head), page

Depicts a head.

Evolution

頪 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
頪 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
頪 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
頪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
頪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𱂧 (頪) 

lèi

bright white; illness; disease; sickness; [variant of 類]

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

類

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

𱂧

Unicode

U+982A

Shuowen

“頪，難曉也。从頁、米。一曰鮮白皃。从粉省。”


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