tooth

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from an ideographic depiction of a row of teeth in oracle-bone and seal script. It represents the structure of the jaw and teeth.

Mnemonic: Picture a neat row of teeth arranged from left to right inside your mouth.

• 齿chǐ🔊

  (bound form) tooth

  8 strokes

• 龀chèn🔊

  to replace the milk teeth

  10 strokes

• 龁hé🔊

  (literary) to gnaw; to bite

  11 strokes

• 龂yín🔊

  old variant of 齦|龈[yin2]

  12 strokes

• 龃jǔ🔊

  used in 齟齬|龃龉[ju3 yu3]

  13 strokes

• 龄líng🔊

  age

  13 strokes

• 龅bāo🔊

  (of a bucktooth) to protrude; to stick out

  13 strokes

• 龆tiáo🔊

  shed the milk teeth

  13 strokes

• 龇zī🔊

  projecting teeth

  14 strokes

• 龈yín🔊

  gums (of the teeth)

  14 strokes

• 龉yǔ🔊

  used in 齟齬|龃龉[ju3 yu3]

  15 strokes

• 龊chuò🔊

  used in 齷齪|龌龊[wo4 chuo4]

  15 strokes

• 𫠜ní🔊

  teeth grown in old age

  16 strokes

• 𬺈yǐ🔊

  (literary) to bite

  16 strokes

• 𱌶zōu🔊

  used in 齱齵|𱌶𱌹[zou1 yu2]

  16 strokes

• 龋qǔ🔊

  decayed teeth

  17 strokes

• 龌wò🔊

  dirty

  17 strokes

• 𱌹yú🔊

  used in 齱齵|𱌶𱌹[zou1 yu2]

  17 strokes

• 出chū🔊

  HSK 1

  20 strokes

• 腭è🔊

  palate

  24 strokes