颔
Tap the pinyin to hear it
chin; to nod (one's assent)
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 頁 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 頷
- Common rank
- #3,368
- Unicode
- U+9894
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 颔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颔首之交 | nodding acquaintance | |
| 下颔骨 | lower jawbone; mandible | |
| 黄颔蛇 | adder (zoology) | |
| 颔下腺 | submaxillary glands (biology) | |
| 下颔 | lower jaw; mandible | |
| 颔下 | under one's chin | |
| 颔联 | third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet | |
| 颔首 | to nod one's head |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 含 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 含 sound part | to hold in the mouth; to contain; to cherish | |
| 焓 | onomatopoetic, a fire sizzling | |
| 晗 | twilight before dawn |