龈
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gums (of the teeth)
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,758 U+9F88
How 龈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
齿 (semantic, “teeth”) + 艮 (phonetic, gèn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艮 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound component | gèn | blunt; tough, chewy |
| 眼 | yǎn | eyelet, hole, opening |
| 根 | gēn | root, basis, foundation |
| 银 | yín | silver; cash, money, wealth |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat, to step back, to withdraw |
| 限 | xiàn | boundary, limit, line |
| 恨 | hèn | to dislike, to hate, to resent |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to accompany, to follow; with |
| 痕 | hén | scar, mark; vestige, trace |
| 狠 | hěn | vicious, fierce, cruel |
| 垦 | kěn | to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim |
| 恳 | kěn | sincere, earnest, cordial |
| 垠 | yín | boundary, river bank |
| 哏 | gén | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd |
| 很 | hěn | very, quite, much |
| 茛 | gèn | ranunculus |
| 裉 | kèn | a garment seam |
Words containing 龈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 软龈音 | ruǎn yín yīn | velar sound (linguistics) |
| 齿龈音 | chǐ yín yīn | alveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics) |
| 牙龈炎 | yá yín yán | gingivitis |
| 龈病 | yín bìng | gingival disease |
| 龈音 | yín yīn | alveolar sound (linguistics) |
| 齿龈炎 | chǐ yín yán | gingivitis |
| 龈擦音 | yín cā yīn | alveolar fricative (linguistics) |
| 牙龈 | yá yín | gums; gingiva |
| 龈炎 | yín yán | gingivitis |
| 齿龈 | chǐ yín | gum; gingiva |
| 颚龈音 | è yín yīn | prepalatal or palatal sound (linguistics); palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics) |
| 龈颚音 | yín è yīn | prepalatal sound (linguistics) |
| 龈腭音 | yín è yīn | alveo-palatal sound (linguistics) |
| 龈脓肿 | yín nóng zhǒng | gumboil |