頬

See also: 頰 and 颊
頬 U+982C, 頬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-982C
← 頫
[U+982B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頭 →
[U+982D]

Translingual

Traditional 頰
Shinjitai 頬
Simplified 颊

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 頰 (夾 → 夹).

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

Han character

頬 (radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大廿一月金 (KTMBC), composition ⿰夹頁)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1404, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4367, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+982C

Japanese

Kanji

頬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 頰)

Readings

Compounds

  • 頬髭 (ほおひげ) (hōhige)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
頬
ほほ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

頬 (hiragana ほほ, rōmaji hoho)

  1. (anatomy) cheek, (the side of the face)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
頬
ほお
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

[ho̞ho̞] → [ho̞ː]

Derived from hoho above.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

頬 (hiragana ほお, rōmaji hō, historical hiragana ほほ)

  1. (anatomy) cheek
Usage notes

The reading hō is more common when used as a standalone noun.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
頬
つら
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Of same origin as 列 (tsura, “a string or lineup of things”). Extending from the meaning of "lineup", the meaning changed to indicate the side of the items lined up. In reference to people, this came to mean the cheeks as the side of the face, and then by extension the face as a whole.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

頬 (hiragana つら, rōmaji tsura)

  1. the cheeks
  2. the face (usually written 面)
  3. one's facial expression
  4. the side of something
  5. the surface or front of something
  6. one's honor: "face" as in save face or lose face
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Used as ateji in various names.

Proper noun

頬 (hiragana すえみつ, rōmaji Suemitsu)

  1. A male given name.

Proper noun

頬 (hiragana すえもと, rōmaji Suemoto)

  1. A male given name.

Proper noun

頬 (hiragana のりみち, rōmaji Norimichi)

  1. A male given name.

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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