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

  (Pinyin): sāi (sai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sôi
• Northern Min (KCR): só
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhi / sai

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: soi¹
    • Yale: sōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: soi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soi̯²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: só
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi / sai
    • Tâi-lô: tshi / sai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy, say
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi³³/, /sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/, /sai⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhi - vernacular;
• sai - literary.

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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 (“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)
• 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.

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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

腮: Hán Nôm readings: tai

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