頰

See also: 頬 and 颊

頰 U+9830, 頰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9830 ← 頯 [U+982F] CJK Unified Ideographs 頱 → [U+9831]

Translingual

Traditional	頰
Shinjitai (extended)	頬
Simplified	颊

Han character

頰 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 大人一月金 (KOMBC), four-corner 4108₆, composition ⿰夾頁)

Derived characters

• 𦇦

References

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

Chinese

trad.		頰
simp.		颊
alternative forms		頬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
瘞	*qrebs
瘱	*qeːbs
脥	*kʰemʔ
浹	*skaːb, *skeːb
挾	*skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾	*kreːb
郟	*kreːb
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌	*kreːb
鵊	*kreːb
狹	*ɡreːb
峽	*ɡreːb
硤	*ɡreːb
陜	*ɡreːb
陿	*ɡreːb
翜	*sraːb, *srɯːb
梜	*kraːb, *keːb
頰	*keːb
莢	*keːb
鋏	*keːb
蛺	*keːb
唊	*keːb
悏	*kʰeːb
匧	*kʰeːb
愜	*kʰeːb
篋	*kʰeːb
俠	*ɡeːb
綊	*ɡeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *keːb): phonetic 夾 (OC *kreːb) + semantic 頁 (“head”) – part of the head.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ / haap³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gieb⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
    • Wade–Giles: chia²
    • Yale: jyá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaap³ / haap³
    • Yale: gaap / haap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ / haap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ / hab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
    • Tâi-lô: kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gieb⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiṳp
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɯp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kep

Rime
Character	頰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古協切
Baxter	kep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛp̚/
Li Rong	/kep̚/
Wang Li	/kiep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頰
Reading #	1/1
No.	5904
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	頰
Old Chinese	/*keːb/

Definitions

頰

1. (anatomy) cheek

Synonyms

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• 腮 (sāi)
• 腮頰 / 腮颊 (sāijiá)
• 臉巴子 / 脸巴子 (liǎnbāzi)
• 臉蛋 / 脸蛋 (liǎndàn) (colloquial)
• 臉蛋子 / 脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) (colloquial)
• 臉頰 / 脸颊 (liǎnjiá)
• 面頰 / 面颊 (miànjiá)
• 頦腮 / 颏腮 (Hakka)

Compounds

• 不置齒頰 / 不置齿颊
• 兩頰 / 两颊 (liǎngjiá)
• 批頰 / 批颊
• 梨頰微渦 / 梨颊微涡
• 烏頰魚 / 乌颊鱼
• 緩頰 / 缓颊
• 腮頰 / 腮颊 (sāijiá)
• 臉頰 / 脸颊 (liǎnjiá)
• 臉頰骨 / 脸颊骨
• 豐頰 / 丰颊
• 面頰 / 面颊 (miànjiá)
• 頰上添毫 / 颊上添毫
• 頰嗛 / 颊嗛
• 頰囊 / 颊囊
• 頰帶 / 颊带
• 頰線 / 颊线
• 頰輔 / 颊辅
• 頰黏膜 / 颊黏膜
• 馬頰 / 马颊
• 齒頰生香 / 齿颊生香
• 齒頰留香 / 齿颊留香

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	頬
Print standard	頰

Kanji

頰

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頬)

1. cheeks
2. jaw

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, 頰, Jōyō)、ほほ (hoho, 頰)、つら (tsura, 頰)
• 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)

References

• “頰”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

頰 (eum 협 (hyeop))

1. cheeks
2. jaw
3. amenity

Vietnamese

Han character

頰: Hán Nôm readings: giáp

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References

• Nom Foundation