06288 Chinese character of 齦 and pronounce ngan4

The Chinese character【齦】(gum) that we will be discussing today is a word that describes health or anatomy. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Gums or gums.

You’ll find the pronunciation for this Chinese character here.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【齦】:kěn

Cantonese Jyutping of 【齦】:ngan4

Below is a description of the essential features of the character 【齦】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【齦】, for example:Describing health or anatomy , It means mainly the gums or teeth. .Since Chinese characters carry vast meanings, some subtle aspects and specific applications might not be fully detailed in this explanation.

【齦】is an individual word whose meaning expands when incorporated into combinations, such as【牙齦、齦出血】(Mandarin Pinyin:yá yín 、yín chū xuè/ Cantonese Jyutping:ngaa4 han2 、han2 ceot1 hyut3)

This character is composed using 21 strokes,It is an obscure Chinese character that may only be found in ancient texts,Below is a sample sentence featuring this character in real usage.:


齦出血需及時進行治療。

Gingival bleeding requires prompt treatment.


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