頷 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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hàn

chin

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 含 represents the sound.

Components

頁 Meaning component

yè, xié

(head), page

含 Sound component

hán

contain, hold in mouth

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

hàn

chin, jowl; give nod; chin; to nod (one's assent)

Most common words with 頷

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	颔	chin
	颔首	to nod one's head

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ]ˤ[ə]mʔ	homX	hàn	jaw, chin

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4158th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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