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The character for "cheek" originated as the traditional form 顋, which structurally combined the semantic component 頁, indicating its relation to the head, with the phonetic component 思. This form clearly situated the term within the facial region, though its precise reference likely encompassed the lower jaw or the general area of the cheek. Over time, the character was recast as 腮, where the "head" component was replaced by 月 (the flesh radical), a logical shift that more directly specifies the fleshy part of the anatomy it describes, thereby refining its meaning to denote specifically the cheek.
Example Sentences Hide
她的腮红很漂亮。
宝宝的腮帮子肉嘟嘟的。
小仓鼠把食物塞进腮里。
他笑得腮帮子都酸了。
腮腺炎是一种传染病。
她托着腮陷入了沉思。
他气得腮边的肌肉在跳动。
医生检查了他的腮腺，排除了发炎的可能。