顎

See also: 颚

Translingual

Han character

顎 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口尸一月金 (RSMBC), four-corner 6128₆, composition ⿰咢頁)

1. jaw

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1407, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43590
• Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4382, character 5
• Unihan data for U+984E

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Chinese

trad.		顎
simp.		颚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶
    • Yale: ngohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngak

Rime
Character	顎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五各切
Baxter	ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋak̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	è
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顎
Reading #	1/1
No.	9467
Phonetic component	屰
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	咢
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 顎

1. jaw

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

顎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. jaw

Readings

• Go-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: あご (ago, 顎, Jōyō)

References

• Template:S-JIS
• Template:JIS

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
顎
あご Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

顎(あご) • (ago) 

1. jaw
2. chin
3. barb
4. jaw of a machine

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
顎
がく Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

顎(がく) • (gaku) 

1. jaw

Derived terms

• 顎骨(がくこつ) (gakukotsu, “jawbone”)
• 顎関節(がくかんせつ) (gakukansetsu, “temporomandibular joint”)

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Korean

Hanja

顎 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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