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龈

kěn

gums

🔤 Pictophonetic: 齿 (teeth) provides meaning, 艮 provides pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (40%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

齿

chǐ

teeth; gears, cogs; age

艮

gěn

blunt; tough, chewy

⿰齿艮 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chǐ

齿

teeth; gears, cogs; age

📷 Pictographic: Teeth 人凵; 止 provides the pronunciation

8 strokes HSK 5

zhǐ

止

to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

📷 Pictographic: A foot

4 strokes HSK 4

shàng

上

above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

💡 Ideographic: One stroke on top of another; compare 下 (below)

3 strokes HSK 1

⺊

💡 Ideographic: A crack on an oracle bone; compare 卜

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

⿶凵人

Radical component

gěn

艮

blunt; tough, chewy

6 strokes

Words Using 龈 (18)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

alveolar / front part of the alveolar ridge

qiánchǐyín

前齿龈 ↗

alveolar / front part of the alveolar ridge

alveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics)

chǐyínyīn

齿龈音 ↗

alveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics)

龈擦音 ↗

yíncāyīn

alveolar fricative (linguistics)

yíncāyīn

龈擦音 ↗

alveolar fricative (linguistics)

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