niè

the temporal bone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
页 meaning component

  Meaning component

xié

  

page

聂 sound component

  Sound component

niè

  

whisper

Evolution

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Definitions

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niè

the temporal bone; bones of the temple (on the human head); see 顳顬|颞颥, temple

Most common words with 颞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

temple (the sides of human head)

颞叶

temporal lobe

颞骨

temporal bone