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颥

顬
rú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 颞颥, the temple region of the head

Examples

医生轻轻按了按他头侧的太阳穴。
Yīshēng qīngqīng àn le àn tā tóu cè de tàiyángxué.
The doctor pressed lightly on the temple at the side of his head.

Tips

history
颥 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It appears only in the anatomical term 颞颥 (the temple, the bone region beside the ear), bound to 颞. Everyday Chinese uses 太阳穴 for the temple. Built on the head radical 页.
register
Technical and literary only. Use 太阳穴 in everyday Chinese.

Components

radical
页 yè
head; page
The 页 radical (originally a head) marks 颥 as a part of the head and is its indexing radical, as in many head/face characters.
phonetic
需 xū
to need; (here) phonetic
The 需 element on the left supplies the sound for 颥; the reading has drifted from the modern value of the phonetic.

Stroke Order

颥 rú