頷
hàn

chin

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 含 represents the sound.

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
含
含 Sound component
hán contain, hold in mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthomX[ɢ]ˤ[ə]mʔjaw, chin
Zhengzhangɡɯːm
ɡɯːmʔ
Unicodehòm
hǒm

說文解字

面黃也。从頁含聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

颔 hàn chin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 含 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頷.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
含
含 Sound component
hán contain, hold in mouth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode