顬

See also: 颥

Translingual

Han character

顬 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 一月一月金 (MBMBC), composition ⿰需頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43716
• Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4395, character 4
• Unihan data for U+986C

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Chinese

trad.		顬
simp.		颥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羺	*noː
獳	*noː
擩	*noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod
譳	*noːs
懦	*noːls, *njo
糯	*noːls
需	*sno
繻	*sno, *njo
鑐	*sno
儒	*njo
濡	*njo, *noːn
襦	*njo
嚅	*njo
顬	*njo
鱬	*njo
嬬	*njo
臑	*njo
醹	*njo, *njoʔ
蠕	*njo
孺	*njos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú (ru²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rú
    • Wade–Giles: ju²
    • Yale: rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • Palladius: жу (žu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyu

Rime
Character	顬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人朱切
Baxter	nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȵio/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顬
Reading #	1/1
No.	13973
Phonetic component	需
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儒
Old Chinese	/*njo/
Notes	見靈樞

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 顬

1. Only used in 顳顬／颞颥 (nièrú).

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Japanese

Kanji

顬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. the temporal bone
2. temple (of the head)

Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
• Kan-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kun: こめかみ (komekami)

Compounds

Compounds

• 顳顬(こめかみ) (komekami), 顳顬(しょうじゅ) (shōju): temple (region of skull)
• 顳顬骨(しょうじゅこつ) (shōjukotsu): temporal bone

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Korean

Hanja

顬 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

1. the temple