Chinese symbol for “sideburns”
鬓角
bìn jiǎo
Traditional: 鬢角
sideburns; temples; hair on the temples
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sideburns is 鬓角 (bìn jiǎo), defined as: sideburns; temples; hair on the temples.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sideburns”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳发 (耳髮) | ěr fa | (men) sideburns; (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples |
| 腮胡 (腮鬍) | sāi hú | sideburns |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鬓角.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳鬓厮磨 (耳鬢廝磨) | ěr bìn sī mó | lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom); fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood |
| 云鬓 (雲鬢) | yún bìn | a woman's beautiful, thick hair |
| 鬓发 (鬢髮) | bìn fà | hair on the temples |
| 鬓毛 (鬢毛) | bìn máo | hair on the temples |
| 两鬓斑白 (兩鬢斑白) | liǎng bìn bān bái | (idiom) to have gray hair at the temples |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle; (fig.) point of view |
| 主角 | zhǔ jué | leading role; lead; protagonist |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sideburns”.
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.