sāi​xiàn

parotid gland

sāi lower part of face

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

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
sī, si think

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsnɯː
Unicodesəi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

xiàn gland

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
quán spring

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode