懂中文 Dong Chinese

腮

sāi

lower part of face

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

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

思 sound component

思  Sound component

sī

  

think

Definitions

腮  

sāi

lower part of face; jaw; gills of a fish; cheek

腮 (顋) 

sāi

variant of 腮[sāi]

Most common words with 腮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

腮

cheek

腮腺炎

mumps

腮红

rouge (cosmetics)

腮帮子

cheek

络腮胡子

full beard