U+988C "颌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+988C "颌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in modern and classical texts, where it represents the meaning of the jaw or chin, referring to the lower part of the face that holds the teeth. It is composed of the radical 页, which relates to the head or neck, and a phonetic component that influences its pronunciation, often sounding like "hé" in Mandarin. This character appears in medical contexts describing the mandible or maxilla, as well as in everyday language for terms like "下颌" meaning lower jaw. Its structure and usage align with the principles of Chinese character formation, where semantic and phonetic elements combine to convey both meaning and sound, making it a functional part of written Chinese for describing facial anatomy.