颊

See also: 頰 and 頬

颊 U+988A, 颊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-988A ← 颉 [U+9889] CJK Unified Ideographs 颋 → [U+988B]

Translingual

Traditional	頰
Shinjitai (extended)	頬
Simplified	颊

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1410, character 45
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4367, character 16
• Unihan data for U+988A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 頰 (夾 → 夹 and 頁 → 页).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 颊 – see 頰 (“cheek”). (This character is the simplified form of 頰).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.