颌
hé

mouth

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頜.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

頜 mouth Traditional

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

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡuːmʔ
kuːb

說文解字

𩔞也。从頁合聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica