顎

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See also: 颚

顎	U+984E, 顎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-984E

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

顎 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口尸一月金 (RSMBC), four-corner 6128₆, composition ⿰咢頁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1407, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43590
Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4382, character 5
Unihan data for U+984E

Chinese

trad.		顎
simp.		颚
alternative forms		齶／腭

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
斥	ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
訴	*sŋaːɡs
泝	*sŋaːɡs
愬	sŋaːɡs, sŋreːɡ
遡	*sŋaːɡs
塑	*sŋaːɡs
溯	*sŋaːɡs
遻	*ŋaːɡs
柝	*tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
鶚	*ŋaːɡ
諤	*ŋaːɡ
齶	*ŋaːɡ
鍔	*ŋaːɡ
遌	*ŋaːɡ
崿	*ŋaːɡ
偔	*ŋaːɡ
堮	*ŋaːɡ
湂	*ŋaːɡ
鱷	*ŋaːɡ
噩	*ŋaːɡ
咢	*ŋaːɡ
鑩	*ŋaːɡ
鄂	*ŋaːɡ
鰐	*ŋaːɡ
萼	*ŋaːɡ
愕	*ŋaːɡ
顎	*ŋaːɡ
朔	*sŋraːɡ
槊	*sraːwɢ
蒴	*sraːwɢ
坼	*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
拆	*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
逆	*ŋraɡ
屰	*ŋraɡ
縌	*ŋraɡ
蝷	*reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːɡ) : phonetic 咢 (OC *ŋaːɡ) + semantic 頁.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): è (e⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): ngáuk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): go̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: è
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: è
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴
  - Yale: è
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
  - Palladius: э (e)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngok⁶
  - Yale: ngohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngáuk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɑuʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: go̍k
  - Tâi-lô: go̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nga̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋak̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: ngak

Rime
Character	顎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五各切
Baxter	ngak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋak̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	è
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngok⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顎
Reading #	1/1
No.	9467
Phonetic component	屰
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	咢
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːɡ/

Definitions

顎

jaw

Compounds

下顎／下颚 (xià'è)
上顎／上颚 (shàng'è)
硬顎／硬颚 (yìng'è)
軟顎／软颚 (ruǎn'è)
顎下腺／颚下腺
顎化／颚化 (èhuà)
顎化作用／颚化作用
顎裂／颚裂 (èliè)
顎骨／颚骨 (ègǔ)
齒顎矯正學／齿颚矫正学

Descendants

Proto-Tai: *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”)
- Proto-Southwestern Tai: *ʰŋɯəkᴰ (“gum; gill”)
  - Thai: เหงือก (ngʉ̀ʉak, “gum; gill”)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 顎

顎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

jaw

Readings

Go-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: がく (gaku, Jōyō)
Kun: あご (ago, 顎, Jōyō)

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
顎
あご Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あご (Odaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

顎(あご) • (ago)

jaw
chin
barb
jaw of a machine

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
顎
がく Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がく (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

顎(がく) • (gaku)

jaw

Derived terms

顎骨(がくこつ) (gakukotsu, “jawbone”)
顎関節(がくかんせつ) (gakukansetsu, “temporomandibular joint”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

顎 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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