chún

lips

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

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

辰 sound component

  Sound component

chén

  

early morning

Evolution

脣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脣 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
脣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chún

lips

() 

chún

variant of [chún]

Most common words with 脣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

lip

嘴唇

lip

唇膏

lip balm

兔唇

hare lip (birth defect)

唇舌

argument