Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

顎: jaw, chin

Also: gill

N1 (our estimate)18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

頁 carries the meaning · 咢 is drawn in

18 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ガクgaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 顎骨がっこつjawbone; mandible

あごago · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 顎あごjaw; chin
  • 下顎したあごlower jaw; mandible

Also read あぎと, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
More in the 頁 head story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
頁

Also built on head (頁)

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Also read ガク

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
顎 jaw · 咢
vs頼 trust · 束
顎 has 咢 where 頼 has 束.
In ChineseSimplified 颚 · traditional, as in Japanese · è

Japan keeps the traditional form 顎; mainland China simplifies it to 颚.

Simplified
颚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
顎 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin è 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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