頰

See also: 頬 and 颊

頰	U+9830, 頰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9830

← 頯
[U+982F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

頱 →
[U+9831]

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

𦇦

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ / haap³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiap

(Teochew, Peng'im): gieb⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
  - Wade–Giles: chia²
  - Yale: jyá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
  - Palladius: цзя (czja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaap³ / haap³
  - Yale: gaap / haap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ / haap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³ / hab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
  - Tâi-lô: kiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gieb⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiṳp
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɯp̚²/

Middle Chinese: kep

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gip³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*keːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頰
Reading #	1/1
No.	5904
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*keːb/

Definitions

頰

(anatomy) cheek

Synonyms

edit

腮 (sāi)
腮頰 / 腮颊 (sāijiá)
臉巴子 / 脸巴子 (liǎnbāzi)
臉蛋 / 脸蛋 (liǎndàn) (colloquial)
臉蛋子 / 脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) (colloquial)
臉頰 / 脸颊 (liǎnjiá)
面頰 / 面颊 (miànjiá)
頦腮 / 颏腮 (Hakka)

Compounds

不置齒頰 / 不置齿颊
兩頰 / 两颊 (liǎngjiá)
批頰 / 批颊
梨頰微渦 / 梨颊微涡
烏頰魚 / 乌颊鱼
緩頰 / 缓颊
腮頰 / 腮颊 (sāijiá)
臉頰 / 脸颊 (liǎnjiá)
臉頰骨 / 脸颊骨
豐頰 / 丰颊
面頰 / 面颊 (miànjiá)
頰上添毫 / 颊上添毫
頰嗛 / 颊嗛
頰囊 / 颊囊
頰帶 / 颊带
頰線 / 颊线
頰輔 / 颊辅
頰黏膜 / 颊黏膜
馬頰 / 马颊
齒頰生香 / 齿颊生香
齒頰留香 / 齿颊留香

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	頬
Print standard	頰

Kanji

頰

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頬)

cheeks
jaw

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
Kun: ほお (hō, 頰, Jōyō)、ほほ (hoho, 頰)、つら (tsura, 頰)
Nanori: かわ (kawa)、すえみつ (suemitsu)、すえもと (suemoto)、つら (tsura)、のりみち (norimichi)、ほほ (hoho)

Korean

Hanja

頰 (eum 협 (hyeop))

Vietnamese

Han character

頰: Hán Nôm readings: giáp

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References

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