頬 – cheeks, jaw

15 strokes#2424 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 頬 means cheeks, jaw. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほお、ほほ (hoo, hoho). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	ほお	hoo
Kun’yomi	ほほ	hoho

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・人・頁・二・并・大.

Words using 頬

頬ほほcheek (of the face)頬ほおcheek (of the face)

Example sentences

熱い涙が彼女の頬を伝った。

Hot tears ran down her cheeks.

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熱い涙が彼女の頬を伝った。

Hot tears ran down her cheeks.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類頼順項願預顧頑頂顕頻

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.