齒

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/齒

Descendants

 * 歯 齿

Glyph origin
– a mouth full of teeth. or was later added on top as a phonetic component.

Etymology
Unclear. Not related to Tibetan, which is cognate with , but may be the same word as 🇨🇬. Another possibility is a derivation from an Austroasiatic etymon; (p.188) suggests a possible relationship to 🇨🇬, as Austroasiatic medial /n/ is often deleted in loans.

Definitions

 * 1)  tooth
 * 2)  tooth- or zigzag-like thing, such as a sawtooth, cogwheel, or fern
 * 3)  age (of a person or animal)
 * 4) to juxtapose; to put side by side
 * 5) to utter; to mention
 * 6)  to employ; to take in
 * 7)  to touch; to be in contact with
 * 8)  pay attention, to be concerned with
 * 1)  pay attention, to be concerned with

Kanji

 * 1) tooth

Etymology
From.