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niè

the temporal bone

🔤 Pictophonetic: 页 (head) provides meaning, 聂 provides pronunciation

HSK 16 strokes Uncommon (51%)

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Component Breakdown

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⿰聂页 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

niè

聂

to whisper; surname

💡 Ideographic: A pair 双 of ears 耳

10 strokes

ěr

耳

ear; to hear, to hear of; handle

📷 Pictographic: An ear

6 strokes HSK 3

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

shuāng

双

pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs

💡 Ideographic: Two hands 又 side-by-side

4 strokes HSK 3

yè

页

page, sheet, leaf

📷 Pictographic: A person's head

6 strokes HSK 4

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

bèi

贝

sea shell; money, currency

📷 Pictographic: A sea shell, once used as currency

4 strokes HSK 5

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

rén

人

man, person; people

📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 颞 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

bones of the temple (on the human head) / see [[顳顬|颞颥]], temple

niè

颞 ↗

bones of the temple (on the human head) / see [[顳顬|颞颥]], temple

颞颥 ↗

nièrú

temple (the sides of human head)

nièrú

颞颥 ↗

temple (the sides of human head)

颞骨 ↗

niègǔ

temporal bone / os temporale

niègǔ

颞骨 ↗

temporal bone / os temporale