龈
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gums (of the teeth)
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 齒 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 齦
- Common rank
- #2,758
- Unicode
- U+9F88
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 龈
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 软龈音 | velar sound (linguistics) | |
| 齿龈音 | alveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics) | |
| 牙龈炎 | gingivitis | |
| 龈病 | gingival disease | |
| 龈音 | alveolar sound (linguistics) | |
| 齿龈炎 | gingivitis | |
| 龈擦音 | alveolar fricative (linguistics) | |
| 牙龈 | gums; gingiva | |
| 龈炎 | gingivitis | |
| 齿龈 | gum; gingiva | |
| 颚龈音 | prepalatal or palatal sound (linguistics); palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics) | |
| 龈颚音 | prepalatal sound (linguistics) | |
| 龈腭音 | alveo-palatal sound (linguistics) | |
| 龈脓肿 | gumboil |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 艮 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound part | blunt; tough, chewy | |
| 眼 | eyelet, hole, opening | |
| 根 | root, basis, foundation | |
| 银 | silver; cash, money, wealth | |
| 退 | to retreat, to step back, to withdraw | |
| 限 | boundary, limit, line | |
| 恨 | to dislike, to hate, to resent | |
| 跟 | heel; to accompany, to follow; with | |
| 痕 | scar, mark; vestige, trace | |
| 狠 | vicious, fierce, cruel | |
| 垦 | to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim | |
| 恳 | sincere, earnest, cordial | |
| 垠 | boundary, river bank | |
| 哏 | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd | |
| 很 | very, quite, much | |
| 茛 | ranunculus | |
| 裉 | a garment seam |