Memory phrase for the character: 龈

龈

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Meaning to bite, to gnaw, gums (of the teeth)

Pronunciation

kěn, yín

Explanation

Left: tooth 齿/齒 (Below the nose 止 an open mouth 凵 with teeth 人), right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic
 
(They destroy something:) The teeth are not good when they: bite.

Radicals

齒 tooth
止 stop, to end
艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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 Vocabulary

龈脓肿 yín nóng zhǒng  gumboil
龈颚音 yín è yīn  prepalatal sound (linguistics)
颚龈音 è yín yīn  prepalatal or palatal sound (linguistics); palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics)
龈腭音 yín è yīn  alveo-palatal sound (linguistics)
龈音 yín yīn  alveolar sound (linguistics)
龈音 yín yīn  

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