頬
Translingual
Traditional | 頰 |
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Shinjitai | 頬 |
Simplified | 颊 |
Glyph origin
Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 頰 (夾 → 夹).
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : phonetic 夹 () + semantic 頁 (“head”) – part of the head.
Han character
頬 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大廿一月金 (KTMBC), composition ⿰夹頁)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1404, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4367, character 16
- Unihan data for U+982C
Japanese
頬 | |
頰 |
Kanji
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 頰)
Readings
- Go-on: きょう (kyō)←けふ (kefu, historical)
- Kan-on: きょう (kyō)←けふ (kefu, historical)
- Kun: ほお (hō, 頬); ほほ (hoho, 頬); つら (tsura, 頬)
- Nanori: かわ (kawa); すえみつ (suemitsu); すえもと (suemoto); つら (tsura); のりみち (norimichi); ほほ (hoho)
Compounds
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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頬 |
ほほ Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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頰 (kyūjitai) |
/popo/ → /fofo/ → /hoho/
From Old Japanese. Appears in the mid-Heian period dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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頬 |
ほお Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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頰 (kyūjitai) |
[ho̞ho̞] → [ho̞ː]
Derived from hoho above.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
Usage notes
The reading hō is more common when used as a standalone noun.
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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頬 |
つら Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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頰 (kyūjitai) |
Of same origin as 列 (tsura, “a string or lineup of things”). Extending from the meaning of "lineup", the meaning changed to indicate the side of the items lined up. In reference to people, this came to mean the cheeks as the side of the face, and then by extension the face as a whole.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
- the cheeks
- the face (usually written 面)
- one's facial expression
- the side of something
- the surface or front of something
- one's honor: "face" as in save face or lose face
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (face of a person): 顔 (kao)
- (facial expression): 顔つき (kaotsuki), 表情 (hyōjō)
- (face, front): 面 (omote)
- (side): 側 (gawa), 傍ら (katawara)
- (surface, front): 表 (omote)
- (honor): 体面 (taimen), 面目 (menboku), 面子 (mentsu)
Etymology 4
Used as ateji in various names.
Proper noun
- a male given name
Proper noun
- a male given name
Proper noun
- a male given name
References
- CJKV characters simplified differently in Japan and China
- CJKV simplified characters
- Han phono-semantic compounds
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- Han script characters
- Japanese Han characters
- Common kanji
- Japanese kanji with goon reading きょう
- Japanese kanji with historical goon reading けふ
- Japanese kanji with kan'on reading きょう
- Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading けふ
- Japanese kanji with kun reading ほお
- Japanese kanji with kun reading ほほ
- Japanese kanji with kun reading つら
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading かわ
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading すえみつ
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading すえもと
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading つら
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading のりみち
- Japanese kanji with nanori reading ほほ
- Japanese terms spelled with 頬
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms written with one Han script character
- Japanese single-kanji terms
- ja:Anatomy
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese given names
- Japanese male given names
- ja:Face