Hanja Analyzer
顳

顳 — seop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
귀밑 뼈 섭
Romanization
seop
English
the temporal bone
Mandarin
niè
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, ジョウ, ニョウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
27
Radical
頁 (181, 18 residual)
Phonetic component
聶(섭)
Unicode
U+9873

Parts that make up 顳

  • 聶 소곤거릴 섭, 낄 섭, 성씨 섭sound 귀 셋을 맞댄 모양‘섭·녑’ 계열의 소리
  • 頁 머리 혈 몸 위에 얹힌 머리머리와 얼굴, 머리로 하는 일

How 顳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 顳 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 聶, 頁.

Japanese words with 顳

  • 顳顬こめかみ temple (on side of head)

Characters sharing the phonetic 聶

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “섭” in Korean.

Other hanja read “섭”

Other hanja with radical 頁

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