靨

靨 (Kangxi radical 176, 面+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 一大一田中 (MKMWL), four-corner 7160₁, composition ⿸厭面)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1384, character 44
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42698
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4402, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9768

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qeb) : phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 面 (“face”).

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靨

1. (literary) dimple (of the face)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dimple

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kun: えくぼ (ekubo, 靨)^{←ゑくぼ (wekubo, 靨, historical)}

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えくぼ

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笑 (e, “laugh; smile”) +‎ 窪 (kubo, “depression”).

• (Tokyo) えくぼ (Atamadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

靨(えくぼ) • (ekubo) ^{←ゑくぼ (wekubo)?}

1. a dimple (skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth)

   痘痕(あばた)も靨(えくぼ)

   abata mo ekubo

   love is blind (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

靨 • (yeop) (hangeul 엽, revised yeop, McCune–Reischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

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靨: Hán Nôm readings: yếp, diệp

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