12345678910111213KeywordcheekjawgillsFrequency#4085Strokes13ReadingssāiMnemonic⺼ (flesh) gives the meaning and 思 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of⺼meat思to thinkUsed in vocabulary腮sāicheek腮红sāihóngrouge (cosmetics)腮腺炎sāixiànyánmumps腮腺sāixiànparotid gland; saliva gland in cheek络腮胡子luòsāihúzifull beard腮帮子sāibāngzicheek抓耳挠腮zhuā'ěrnáosāito tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)腮帮sāibāngcheek; upper (of a shoe)