頤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 16 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あご。おとがい。したあご。
  2. やしなう。大事に育てる。
  3. あごをしゃくりあげる。あごで指図する。
  4. 語調を整える助字。
  5. 六十四卦の一つ。卦の形は20pxであり、震下艮上で構成される。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「頁」+音符「𦣝」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chin, jaw

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • おとがい
  • あご
Other languages
  • 拼音yi2
  • 한글i
  • Hán-ViệtDi

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
頁(おおがい)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9824

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𦣞頁

Words using this kanji

  • おとがい〔文語〕 あご。したあご。 へらずぐち 減らず口を叩いたりすることやそれを行う様-->(lower) jaw, chin, mentum, chatterbox
  • 頤使いし横柄な態度で人を指図して使うこと。あごで人を使うこと。bossing someone around, having a person under one's control
  • 頤で人を使うあごでひとをつかうto set someone to work in an arrogant fashion, to push someone around

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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Lookup codes

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