䩉

Translingual

Han character

䩉 (radical 176 面+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一田戈十月 (MWIJB), composition ⿰面甫)

1. face
2. cheeks
3. jaw

References

• KangXi: page 1384, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4400, character 10
• Unihan data for U+4A49

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Cantonese

Hanzi

䩉 (jyutping fu2, fu6, Yale fu2, fu6)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Cognate with kamachi (“frame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kamatɕi]

Alternative forms

• 輔

Noun

䩉 (hiragana かまち, romaji kamachi)

1. the upper and lower jaw bones and cheek bones
   • 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

     鬚髻 上栗喩反 頤毛也 倭云加末智乃比偈 又花蘂之本也 髻髪也

Derived terms

• 䩉 (kabachi)
• 輔 (tsuragamachi)

Etymology 2

/kamati/ > /kabati/. Medial -m- looses nasality and becomes a plosive. Cognate with kamachi (“id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kabatɕi]

Alternative forms

• 輔

Noun

䩉 (hiragana かばち, romaji kabachi)

1. the upper and lower jaw bones and cheek bones

Derived terms

• 輔 (tsurakabachi)

References

• 1962 May 21, Rizō Takeuchi, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:

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Mandarin

Hanzi

䩉 (pinyin fǔ (fu3), Wade-Giles fu³)