漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
頰: cheeks, jaw
N1 (our estimate)16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 夾(form)
- 頁head(meaning)
頁 carries the meaning · 夾 is drawn in
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ほおhoo · kun'yomi · on its own
- 頰ほおcheek (of the face)
- 頰紅ほおべにcheek rouge; blusher; blush
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 頰っぺたほっぺたcheek
Also read キョウ, ほほ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Face the world! This radical represents everything that happens from the neck up—thinking, seeing, breathing, and the very identity of a person.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side頰 cheeks · 夾
vs領 jurisdiction · 令In ChineseSimplified 颊 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiá
Japan keeps the traditional form 頰; mainland China simplifies it to 颊.
- Simplified
- 颊 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 頰 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiá most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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