頰

See also 頬, and 颊

Translingual

shinjitai	頬
simplified	颊
traditional	頰

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 夾 + semantic 頁 (“head”) – part of the head.

Han character

頰 (radical 181 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大人一月金 (KOMBC), four-corner 4108₆)

1. cheeks, jaw

Descendants

• 頬 颊

References

• KangXi: page 1404, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43496
• Dae Jaweon: page 1922, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4373, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9830

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Cantonese

Hanzi

頰 (simplified 颊, Yale gaap3)

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Japanese

Kanji

頰

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: ほお (hoo)

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Korean

Hanja

頰 (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp, Yale hyep)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

頰 (simplified 颊, pinyin jiá (jia2), tǐng (ting3), Wade-Giles chia², t'ing³)