頷 — am

Parts that make up 頷

How 頷 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 頷 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 含, 頁.

Japanese words with 頷

• 頷くうなずく to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
• 頷きうなずき nod; inclination of the head
• 頷けるうなずける to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable
• 頷き合ううなずきあう to nod to one another

Characters sharing the phonetic 含

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “암”

Other hanja with radical 頁