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腭

è

Character Traditional 齶

What 腭 means

1. palate
2. roof of the mouth

Words starting with 腭

• 腭裂è liècleft palate

Words containing 腭

• 软腭ruǎn èsoft palate
• 软腭音ruǎn è yīn(linguistics) velar consonant
• 龈腭音yín è yīnalveo-palatal sound (linguistics)

Characters built on 咢

These share the phonetic component 咢 (è), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 鳄è(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 鄂Èsurname E; short name for Hubei 湖北
• 颚èjaw; palate
• 愕èstartled
• 谔èhonest speech
• 萼ècalyx of a flower
• 鹗è(bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
• 锷èblade edge; sharp

Characters that look like 腭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 辉huī(bound form) radiance; brilliance; to shine
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 猬wèi(bound form) hedgehog
• 摺zhédocument folded in accordion form; to fold

Sounds the same

Read è, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饿hungry; to starve (sb)
• 恶evil; fierce; vicious
• 遏to restrain; to check; to hold back
• 厄distressed
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 鳄(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate