颊

See also 頰, and 頬

Translingual

shinjitai	頬
simplified	颊
traditional	頰

Etymology

Simplified from 頰 (夾 → 夹 and 頁 → 页).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 夹 + semantic 页 (“head”) – part of the head.

Han character

颊 (radical 181 页+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大廿一月人 (KTMBO))

1. cheeks, jaw

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1410, character 45
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4367, character 16
• Unihan data for U+988A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

颊 (traditional 頰, Yale gaap3)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

颊 (traditional 頰, pinyin jiá (jia2), tǐng (ting3), Wade-Giles chia², t'ing³)