頷

頷 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人口一月金 (ORMBC) or 難人口一月 (XORMB), four-corner 8168₆, composition ⿰含頁)

• 𧂃

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1405, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43512
• Dae Jaweon: page 1922, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4375, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9837

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ): phonetic 含 (OC *ɡɯːm) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qəm (“jaw; chin; molar”) (STEDT under *gam).

Bodman (1980) considers it to be the endoactive of 含 (OC *ɡɯːm, “to hold in the mouth”), literally “the thing that holds something in the mouth”.

頷

1. chin; jowl

   • 蹉跎二十年，頷下生白鬚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蹉跎二十年，颔下生白须。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th–9th century, Bai Juyi, 馬上作

     Cuōtuó èrshí nián, hàn xià shēng bái xū. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to nod

   頷首／颔首  ―  hànshǒu  ―  to nod

   • 大夫逆於竟者，執其手而與之言，道逆者，自車揖之，逆於門者，頷之而已。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     大夫逆于竟者，执其手而与之言，道逆者，自车揖之，逆于门者，颔之而已。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dàfū nì yú jìng zhě, zhí qí shǒu ér yǔ zhī yán, dào nì zhě, zì chē yī zhī, nì yú mén zhě, hàn zhī ér yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Of the great officers who met him at the borders, he took the hands, and spoke with them. To those who met him [afterwards] on the road, he bowed, [saluting them with his hands]. To those [who were waiting] at the gate, he only nodded.

   • 見其發矢十中八九，但微頷之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     见其发矢十中八九，但微颔之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 11th century, Ouyang Xiu, 賣油翁

     Jiàn qí fāshǐ shí zhòng bājiǔ, dàn wēi hàn zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Southern Min) neck
4. a surname

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. the chin; the lower jaw (あご)
2. to nod (うなずく)

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)
• Kun: あご (ago, 頷)、うなずく (unazuku, 頷く)

頷 • (am) (hangeul 암)

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頷: Hán Nôm readings: hạm, ham, hàm, hợm

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