腮

腮 U+816E, 腮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-816E ← 腭 [U+816D] CJK Unified Ideographs 腯 → [U+816F]

Translingual

Han character

腮 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 月田心 (BWP), four-corner 7623₀, composition ⿰月思)

Derived characters

• 𰔮, 𥵖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 989, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29702
• Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2096, character 4
• Unihan data for U+816E

Chinese

trad.		腮
simp. #		腮
alternative forms		顋／腮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (囟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
崽	*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
偲	*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
腮	*snɯː
鰓	*snɯː
揌	*snɯː
顋	*snɯː
愢	*snɯː
毢	*snɯː
諰	*srɯː, *snɯʔ
細	*snɯːls
思	*snɯ, *snɯs
緦	*snɯ
罳	*snɯ
禗	*snɯ
楒	*snɯ
葸	*snɯʔ
恖	*snɯ
颸	*sʰrɯ
囟	*snɯns
顖	*sniŋs
毸	*snɯː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sāi (sai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sai¹

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): sǎi

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soi¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): sai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sôi
• Jin (Wiktionary): sai¹
• Northern Min (KCR): só
• Eastern Min (BUC): săi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhi / sai

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹

• Xiang

  (Changsha, Wiktionary): sai¹

  (Loudi, Wiktionary): sue¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sai
    • Wade–Giles: sai¹
    • Yale: sāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sai
    • Palladius: сай (saj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sai¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: sǎi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sæ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soi¹
    • Yale: sōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: sai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sai¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sai¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: só
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi / sai
    • Tâi-lô: tshi / sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy, say
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/, /sai³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhi - vernacular;
• sai - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sai¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai̯³³/
  • (Loudi)
    • Wiktionary: sue¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯e̞⁴⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 腮
Mandarin	Beijing	/sai⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/sai⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/sai²¹/
	Jinan	/sɛ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/sɛ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/sai²⁴/
	Xi'an	/sai²¹/
	Xining	/sɛ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/sɛ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/sɛ³¹/
	Ürümqi	/sai⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/sai⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/sai⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/sai⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/sæ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/sae³¹/
	Hefei	/se̞²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sai¹¹/
	Pingyao	/sæ¹³/
	Hohhot	/sɛ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/se⁵³/
	Suzhou	/se̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/se̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³³/
Hui	Shexian	/sɛ³¹/
	Tunxi	/sə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/sai³³/
	Xiangtan	/sai³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/sai⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/soi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/soi²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɔi⁵³/
	Nanning	/ɬɔi⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/sɔi⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sai⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sai⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/so⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sai³³/ /t͡sʰi³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sai²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腮
Reading #	1/1
No.	13825
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鰓
Old Chinese	/*snɯː/
Notes	顋注俗體

Definitions

腮

1. (anatomy) cheek
2. (anatomy) lower part of face; jaw
3. alternative form of 鰓 / 鳃 (sāi, “gills of a fish”)

Synonyms

• (cheek):

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• 腮頰 / 腮颊 (sāijiá)
• 臉巴子 / 脸巴子 (liǎnbāzi)
• 臉蛋 / 脸蛋 (liǎndàn) (colloquial)
• 臉蛋子 / 脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) (colloquial)
• 臉頰 / 脸颊 (liǎnjiá)
• 面頰 / 面颊 (miànjiá)
• 頦腮 / 颏腮 (Hakka)
• 頰 / 颊 (jiá)

Compounds

• 二腮類 / 二腮类
• 別頦腮 / 别颏腮
• 尖嘴猴腮 (jiānzuǐhóusāi)
• 托腮 (tuōsāi)
• 抓耳搔腮
• 抓耳撓腮 / 抓耳挠腮
• 拙口笨腮
• 拙口鈍腮 / 拙口钝腮
• 搔耳抓腮
• 撧耳撓腮 / 𪮖耳挠腮
• 撾耳揉腮 / 挝耳揉腮
• 撾耳撓腮 / 挝耳挠腮
• 暴腮龍門 / 暴腮龙门
• 曝腮龍門 / 曝腮龙门
• 杏臉桃腮 / 杏脸桃腮
• 桃腮杏臉 / 桃腮杏脸
• 滿腮 / 满腮
• 爬耳搔腮
• 痄腮
• 直鼻權腮 / 直鼻权腮
• 眼嵌縮腮 / 眼嵌缩腮
• 窮腮乞臉 / 穷腮乞脸
• 笨嘴拙腮
• 笨嘴笨腮
• 絡腮鬍 / 络腮胡 (luòsāihú)
• 脣不離腮 / 唇不离腮
• 腮幫子 / 腮帮子 (sāibāngzi)
• 腮斗
• 腮腺 (sāixiàn)
• 腮腺炎 (sāixiànyán)
• 腮頰 / 腮颊 (sāijiá)
• 落腮鬍 / 落腮胡
• 香腮

Japanese

Kanji

腮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: あご (ago)、えら (era)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
腮
えら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 腮 – see the following entry.

【鰓えら】H [noun] gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals) Alternative spellings 顋, エラ

(This term, 腮, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Vietnamese

Nom glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, tai): semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 思 (tư).

Han character

腮: Hán Việt readings: tai, tư
腮: Nôm readings: tai

1. chữ Nôm form of tai (“ear”)