囟 (xìn) — (bound form) fontanel; soft spot on an infant's skull

Definition

A bound medical term used only in the word 囟门 (xìnmén), meaning the soft spot on a baby's skull.

bound form
fontanelsoft spot on an infant's skull
Easily confused

Examples

  • 囟。
    Yīng ér de xìn mén zài chū shēng shí hái méi yǒu wán quán bì hé.
    A baby's fontanel is not yet fully closed at birth.
  • 囟，。
    Yī shēng qīng qīng mō le mō bǎo bao de xìn mén, shuō fā yù zhèng cháng.
    The doctor gently touched the baby's fontanel and said development was normal.
  • 囟。
    Dà duō shù hái zi de xìn mén zài yí suì bàn zuǒ yòu jiù huì bì hé.
    Most children's fontanels close around 18 months of age.

Origin

Pictograph
六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíng

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

囟 is drawn as a picture of a fontanelle.

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