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颞

niè

Character Traditional 顳

What 颞 means

1. bones of the temple (on the human head)
2. see 颞颥, temple

Words starting with 颞

• 颞叶niè yètemporal lobe
• 颞骨niè gǔtemporal bone; os temporale
• 颞颥niè rútemple (the sides of human head)

Characters built on 聂

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

• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 镊niè(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…
• 嗫nièmove the mouth as in speaking

Characters that look like 颞

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

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 徵zhǐ4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 觑qùto spy; watch for
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)

Sounds the same

Read niè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涅(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
• 孽son born of a concubine; disaster; sin
• 聂to whisper
• 镊(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…
• 镍nickel (chemistry)
• 啮to gnaw; to erode
• 蹑to walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 嗫move the mouth as in speaking
• 臬guidepost; rule; standard
• 蘖new shoot growing from cut branch or stump
• 摰to seize with the hand; to grasp; to advance
• 陧dangerous