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颏

kē

Character Traditional 頦

What 颏 means

1. chin

Other readings

颏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ké(used in bird names) throat

Words containing 颏

• 下颏xià kēchin; Taiwan pr. xià hái
• 下巴颏xià ba kēchin
• 黑颏果鸠hēi kē guǒ jiū(bird species of China) black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
• 淡颏仙鹟dàn kē xiān wēng(bird species of China) pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
• 棕颏噪鹛zōng kē zào méi(bird species of China) rufous-chinned laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis)
• 黑颏穗鹛hēi kē suì méi(bird species of China) black-chinned babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops)

Characters built on 亥

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

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 咳kécough
• 阂héobstruct
• 劾héto impeach

Sounds the same

Read kē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 科branch of study; administrative section; division
• 棵classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
• 颗classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 磕to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 柯(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 珂jade-like stone
• 苛severe; exacting
• 窠nest
• 瞌used in 瞌睡
• 钶columbium
• 坷used in 坷垃
• 蝌used in 蝌蚪