頬

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 頰 (夾 → 夹).

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

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

• 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

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

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kun: ほお (hō, 頬); ほほ (hoho, 頬); つら (tsura, 頬)
• 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)

• 頬髭 (ほおひげ) (hōhige)

/popo/ → /fofo/ → /hoho/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the mid-Heian period dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほ​ほ [hóꜜhò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ho̞]

頬 (hiragana ほほ, rōmaji hoho)

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

[ho̞ho̞] → [ho̞ː]

Derived from hoho above.[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほ​お [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

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

1. (anatomy) cheek

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

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.[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) つら​ [tsùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾa̠]

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

• 面

• (face of a person): 顔 (かお) (kao)
• (facial expression): 顔 (かお)つき (kaotsuki), 表 (ひょう)情 (じょう) (hyōjō)
• (face, front): 面 (おもて) (omote)
• (side): 側 (がわ) (gawa), 傍 (かたわ)ら (katawara)
• (surface, front): 表 (おもて) (omote)
• (honor): 体面 (たいめん) (taimen), 面目 (めんぼく) (menboku), 面 (めん)子 (つ) (mentsu)

Used as ateji in various names.

頬 (hiragana すえみつ, rōmaji Suemitsu)

1. A male given name

頬 (hiragana すえもと, rōmaji Suemoto)

1. A male given name

頬 (hiragana のりみち, rōmaji Norimichi)

1. A male given name