顳
niè

the temporal bone

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

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
聶
聶 Sound component
whisper

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjeb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

颞 niè the temporal bone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 聂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顳.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
聂
聂 Sound component
niè, zhé, shè whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode