顎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

jaw, chin, gill

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガクJHS
Kun (native)
  • あごJHS
  • あぎと
Other languages
  • 拼音e4
  • 한글ag
  • Hán-ViệtNgạc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
頁(おおがい)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+984E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰咢頁

Words using this kanji

  • あご(あご、古:あぎと)生物一般においては、口の部分にあって、開け閉めができるようになっている硬い部分、特にヒトにあっては顔の下部にある、上下の歯の生える硬い部分。jaw, chin, barb (of a fishhook)
  • がく(あご、古:あぎと)生物一般においては、口の部分にあって、開け閉めができるようになっている硬い部分、特にヒトにあっては顔の下部にある、上下の歯の生える硬い部分。jaw
  • 顎骨がっこつ上顎と下顎の骨。jawbone, mandible
  • 顎紐あごひもchin strap
  • 顎髭あごひげbeard (esp. on the chin), goatee
  • 顎脚がっきゃく甲殻類の胸脚のうち前方の一対または数対が口器のような働きをするもの。顎肢。maxilliped, gnathopod
  • 顎門あぎとchin, jaw, gills, branchia
  • 顎菫アギスミレViola verecunda (violet species)
  • 顎関節がくかんせつjaw joint, temporomandibular joint, TMJ
  • 顎下腺がっかせんsubmandibular gland, submaxillary gland
  • 顎沙魚あごはぜforktongue goby (Chaenogobius annularis), chestnut goby
  • 顎動脈がくどうみゃくmaxillary artery
  • 顎クイあごクイsuddenly lifting someone's face by their chin (in a domineering yet romantic fashion)
  • 顎の骨あごのほねjawbone, mandible
  • 顎鬚海豹あごひげあざらしbearded seal (Erignathus barbatus)
  • 顎マスクあごマスクマスクを顎だけを覆うようにして着用すること。wearing a face mask over one's chin
  • 顎関節症がくかんせつしょうtemporomandibular joint disorder, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, TMD, TMJ
  • 顎口虫症がくこうちゅうしょうgnathostomiasis, larva migrans profundus
  • 顎をしゃくるあごをしゃくるto jerk one's chin, to nod toward, to point one's chin at
  • 顎のしゃくれたあごのしゃくれた(person) with a turned-up chin

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-9
Four Corner
6128.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
9a9.2
Heisig
1333
Nelson
5135