kěnyín

gums

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

Components
齿 meaning component

齿  Meaning component

chǐ

  

teeth

艮 sound component

  Sound component

gěngèn

  

blunt

Evolution

龈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
龈 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
龈 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

kěn

gums; variant of [kěn]

() 

yín

gums (of the teeth)

Most common words with 龈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

牙龈

gums

to gnaw

牙龈炎

gingivitis

齿龈

gum

龈炎

gingivitis

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3997th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Traditional

Unicode

U+9F88


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