頬 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 15 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ほお。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「頰」の略体。「頰」については頰#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cheeks, jaw

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウ
Kun (native)
  • ほお
  • ほほ
Other languages
  • 拼音jia2
  • 한글hyeob
  • Hán-ViệtGiáp

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
頁(おおがい)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+982C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰夹頁

Words using this kanji

  • ほお(ほお、ほほ)のの、やや肉の付いたやわらかい部分。cheek (of the face)
  • 頬っぺたほっぺたcheek
  • 頬紅ほおべにcheek rouge, blusher, blush
  • 頬骨ほおぼねほおぼね 参照。cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone
  • 頬髭ほおひげwhiskers, sideburns, sideboards
  • 頬杖ほおづえ「ほおづえ」の漢字表記。resting one's chin in one's hands, brace (in construction), angle brace
  • 頬桁ほおげたcheekbone
  • 頬白ほおじろmeadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides), great white shark, white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)
  • 頬筋きょうきん頬の部分にあり、顔の表情を出す筋肉。buccinator muscle
  • 頬袋ほおぶくろcheek pouch
  • 頬側きょうそくbuccal
  • 頬肉ほほにくcheek meat
  • 頬赤ホオアカchestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata), grey-headed bunting
  • 頬っぺほっぺcheek
  • 頬被りほおかぶり「ほおかぶり」を参照。 「ほおかむり」を参照。covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc., tying a cloth around one's head, feigning ignorance, shutting one's eyes (to)
  • 頬ずりほおずりrubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection), pressing cheeks together
  • 頬張るほおばるto stuff one's cheeks, to fill one's mouth (with food)
  • 頬白鮫ほおじろざめほおじろざめ / ほほじろざめ の漢字表記。great white shark, white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)
  • 頬白鴨ほおじろがもcommon goldeneye (species of duck, Bucephala clangula)
  • 頬染めほおぞめred or pink coloration on the cheeks of an illustrated character (to represent blushing)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(45 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-9
Four Corner
4108.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
9a7.2
Heisig
1358
Nelson
5131