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鬓角 (bìn jiǎo) — sideburns; hair on the temples

Definition

noun
sideburnshair on the temples

Examples

  • 鬓角。
    Tā de bìn jiǎo hěn cháng.
    His sideburns are very long.
  • 鬓角。
    Tā xǐ huan bǎ bìn jiǎo jiǎn duǎn.
    She likes to cut her sideburns short.
  • 鬓角。
    Tā de bìn jiǎo yǐ jīng bái le.
    The hair on his temples has turned white.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

鬓bìntemple hair
角jiǎocorner

鬓 (temple hair) and 角 (corner) name the corner area of hair at the temples.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鬢; 鬓 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
髟髟biāohair
Sound part声符shēngfú
賓
賓bīn鬢bìn
Same sound today

The traditional form 鬢 pairs 髟 (hair) with 賓 as a sound part; the simplified 鬓 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical sound part.

Open 鬓 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

Open 角 →
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