Definitions
junction of nose and forehead
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The phono-semantic compound 頞 consists of the semantic radical 頁 (head or facial features) on the right and the phonetic component 安 on the left. While 安 commonly means "peace", here it contributes only the sound, though the modern pronunciation has shifted to "è". The radical 頁 places the character in the anatomical domain, specifically defining 頞 as the bridge of the nose between the eyes. The left-phonetic, right-semantic structure is less common than the reverse but effectively identifies this facial term.
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