頰

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See also: 頬 and 颊
頰 U+9830, 頰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9830
← 頯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頱 →

Translingual

Traditional 頰
Shinjitai
(extended) 		頬
Simplified 颊

Han character

頰 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大人一月金 (KOMBC), four-corner 41086, composition ⿰夾頁)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1404, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43496
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1922, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4373, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9830

Chinese

trad. 頰
simp. 颊
alternative forms 頬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瘞 *qrebs
瘱 *qeːbs
脥 *kʰemʔ
浹 *skaːb, *skeːb
挾 *skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾 *kreːb
郟 *kreːb
筴 *sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌 *kreːb
鵊 *kreːb
狹 *ɡreːb
峽 *ɡreːb
硤 *ɡreːb
陜 *ɡreːb
陿 *ɡreːb
翜 *sraːb, *srɯːb
梜 *kraːb, *keːb
頰 *keːb
莢 *keːb
鋏 *keːb
蛺 *keːb
唊 *keːb
悏 *kʰeːb
匧 *kʰeːb
愜 *kʰeːb
篋 *kʰeːb
俠 *ɡeːb
綊 *ɡeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keːb) : phonetic 夾 (OC *kreːb) + semantic 頁 (“head”) – part of the head.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 頰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 怗 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古協切
Baxter kep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kep̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kep̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛp̚/
Li
Rong 		/kep̚/
Wang
Li 		/kiep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頰
Reading # 1/1
No. 5904
Phonetic
component 		夾
Rime
group 		盍
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		頰
Old
Chinese 		/*keːb/

Definitions

頰

  1. (anatomy) cheek

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

頬

Kyūjitai

頰

Kanji

頰

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頬)

  1. cheeks
  2. jaw

Readings

Korean

Hanja

頰 (eum 협 (hyeop))

  1. cheeks
  2. jaw
  3. amenity

Vietnamese

Han character

頰: Hán Nôm readings: giáp

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References

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