颔 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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

hàn

chin

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 含 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頷.

Components

页 Meaning component

yè, xié

page

含 Sound component

hán

contain, hold in mouth

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

hàn

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

Most common words with 颔

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

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4158th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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