頬
cheeks; jaw
15 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 2424.
Readings
- ほお (kun reading): 頬 (ほお) cheek (of the face); 両頬 (りょうほお) both cheeks
- キョウ (on reading): 頬側 (きょうそく) buccal; 頬筋 (きょうきん) buccinator muscle
- ほほ (kun reading)
Components
- 夾
- 頁
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 人 radical person
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 大 radical big
- 目 radical eye
- 貝 radical shell; money
- 頁 radical head; page
Words using 頬
- 頬 (ほお) cheek (of the face)
- 両頬 (りょうほお) both cheeks
- 頬骨 (ほおぼね) cheekbone
- 頬杖 (ほおづえ) resting one's chin in one's hands
- 頬擦り (ほおずり) rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection)
- 頬側 (きょうそく) buccal
- 頬筋 (きょうきん) buccinator muscle
- 豊頬 (ほうきょう) plump cheeks
- 双頬 (そうきょう) both cheeks
- 頬動脈 (きょうどうみゃく) buccal artery
- 狐の子は頬白 (きつねのこはつらじろ) like father, like son
- 頬っ被り (ほっかむり) covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.
30 words in all.