cheeks

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𦣞 represents the sound.

Components
頁 meaning component

  Meaning component

xié

  

(head), page

𦣞 sound,iconic component

𦣞  Sound Iconic component

  

chin

Depicts a person's chin.

Evolution

頤 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
頤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
頤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
頤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

cheeks; jaw; chin; rear; to nourish; cheek; lower cheek

Most common words with 頤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

cheek

颐指气使

arrogant and bossy

颐和园

Summer Palace in Beijing

颐养

to nourish

大快朵颐

to gorge oneself