Hanja Analyzer
頬

頬 — hyeop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

This is not the standard Korean glyph form. The Korean form is 頰.

Korean reading
뺨 협
Romanization
hyeop
English
cheeks, jaw
Mandarin
jiá
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ほお ほほ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,424 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Variant forms
頰
Radical
頁 (181, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+982C

Parts that make up 頬

  • 夾 낄 협 사람이 양쪽에 낀 모양끼우는 일. ‘협’ 계열의 소리
  • 頁 머리 혈 몸 위에 얹힌 머리머리와 얼굴, 머리로 하는 일

How 頬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 頬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 夹, 頁.

Japanese words with 頬

  • 頬ほお cheek (of the face)
  • 頬っぺたほっぺた cheek
  • 頬紅ほおべに cheek rouge; blusher; blush
  • 頬骨ほおぼね cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone
  • 頬髭ほおひげ whiskers; sideburns; sideboards
  • 頬杖ほおづえ resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
  • 頬桁ほおげた cheekbone
  • 面頬めんぽお face guard; visor
  • 頬白ほおじろ meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides); great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)
  • 頬筋きょうきん buccinator muscle
  • 豊頬ほうきょう plump cheeks; attractive cheeks
  • 双頬そうきょう both cheeks

Other hanja read “협”

侠 俠 冾 劦 勰 匧 協 叶 嗋 埉 夾 峽 恊 悏 愜 挾 浹 狹 篋 脅 脇 莢 鋏 陜 頰

Other hanja with radical 頁

頁 頂 頃 頄 項 順 須 頉 頊 頌 頍 頎 頏 預 頑 頒 頓 頖 頗 領 頚 頞 頟 頡 頣 頤 頦 頫 頭 頮 頰 頷 頸 頹 頻 頼 頽 頿 顂 顆 顇 顈 顋 題 額 顎 顏 顒 顓 顔 顕 顖 願 顙 顚 顛 類 顣 顥 顦

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