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颊
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cheek

HSK 10
Human →Body →Body Parts
jiá
キョウ
ほお、ほほ
The jaw in 夾 the head 頁; 夾 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (頰)
夾 press from both sides+ 頁 page =
頰 cheek
夾 Meaning component
press from both sides
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頁 Meaning component
page
Simplified (颊)
夹 be wedged or+ 页 page =
颊 cheeks
夹 Meaning component
jiá be wedged or
variant of 夾|夹[jiá]
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页 Meaning component
yè page
page, sheet, leaf
Notes
Similar Characters
俠 chivalrous person (trad)匧 a trunk峽 gorge (trad)挾 coerce (trad)浹 drench (trad)狹 narrow (trad)筴 type of grass (trad)莢 pods (trad)蛺 butterfly (trad)郟 county (trad)陜 mountain夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)煩 vexed (trad/jp)頃 100 Chinese acres (trad/jp)須 have to (trad/jp)頪 bright white
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
颊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
颊 / 頰 [jiá]
cheeks
Japanese
頬 、 頰 ほお 、 ほほ 同音
noun cheek (of the face)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
熱い涙が彼女の頬を伝った。
Hot tears ran down her cheeks.
CHINESE WORDS (16)
脸颊 [liǎn​jiá] #11,001
cheek
面颊 [miàn​jiá] #21,040
cheek
腮颊 [sāi​jiá] #69,091
cheek
齿颊生香 [chǐ​jiá​shēng​xiāng] #71,642
lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom)
两颊生津 [liǎng​jiá​shēng​jīn]
mouth-watering
批颊 [pī​jiá]
to slap sb's cheeks
栗颊噪鹛 [lì​jiá​zào​méi]
(bird species of China) rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis)
白颊噪鹛 [bái​jiá​zào​méi]
(bird species of China) white-browed laughingthrush (Garrulax sannio)
白颊山鹧鸪 [bái​jiá​shān​zhè​gū]
(bird species of China) white-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis)
白颊鹎 [bái​jiá​bēi]
(bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 頬 [ほお] #1,455
cheek (of the face)
頬張る [ほおばる] #10,507
to stuff one's cheeks
頬杖 [ほおづえ] #22,865
resting one's chin in one's hands
⭐ 頬っぺた [ほっぺた] #44,965
cheek
頬紅 [ほおべに] #74,445
cheek rouge
頬被り [ほおかぶり] #95,205
covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.
頬っ被り [ほっかむり] #259,289
covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.
頬を張る [ほおをはる]
to slap (someone) in the face
頬をつねる [ほおをつねる]
to pinch someone's cheek
猿頬 [さるぼお]
cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
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