齦 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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kěn, yín

gums

Phonosemantic compound. 齒 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

齒 Meaning component

chǐ

teeth

艮 Sound component

gěn, gèn

blunt

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kěn

gums; variant of 啃[kěn]

yín

gums (of the teeth)

Most common words with 齦

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3997th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Sources