Chinese symbol for “mandible”
下颚
xià è
Traditional: 下顎
mandible (lower jaw)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mandible is 下颚 (xià è), defined as: mandible (lower jaw).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mandible”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下颌 (下頜) | xià hé | lower jaw; mandible |
| 小颚 (小顎) | xiǎo è | mandible (lower jaw) |
| 下颌骨 (下頜骨) | xià hé gǔ | lower jaw; mandible |
| 下颔 (下頷) | xià hàn | lower jaw; mandible |
| 下颔骨 (下頷骨) | xià hàn gǔ | lower jawbone; mandible |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 下颚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
| 下载 (下載) | xià zǎi | to download; also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; 个 (gè) |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
| 颚裂 (顎裂) | è liè | cleft palate (birth defect) |
| 唇颚裂 (唇顎裂) | chún è liè | cleft lip and palate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mandible”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.