# 頰

| 頰 | U+9830, &#38960; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9830 |
| ← 頯 [U+982F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 頱 → [U+9831] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 頰 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 頬 |
| Simplified | 颊 |

### Han character

頰 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大人一月金 (KOMBC), four-corner 4108$_6$, composition ⿰夾頁)

#### Derived characters

* 𦇦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1404, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43496
* Dae Jaweon: page 1922, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4373, character 5
* Unihan data for U+9830

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 瘞 | *qrebs |
| 瘱 | *qeːbs |
| 脥 | *kʰemʔ |
| 浹 | *skaːb, *skeːb |
| 挾 | *skaːb, *ɡeːb |
| 夾 | *kreːb |
| 郟 | *kreːb |
| 筴 | *sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb |
| 裌 | *kreːb |
| 鵊 | *kreːb |
| 狹 | *ɡreːb |
| 峽 | *ɡreːb |
| 硤 | *ɡreːb |
| 陜 | *ɡreːb |
| 陿 | *ɡreːb |
| 翜 | *sraːb, *srɯːb |
| 梜 | *kraːb, *keːb |
| 頰 | *keːb |
| 莢 | *keːb |
| 鋏 | *keːb |
| 蛺 | *keːb |
| 唊 | *keːb |
| 悏 | *kʰeːb |
| 匧 | *kʰeːb |
| 愜 | *kʰeːb |
| 篋 | *kʰeːb |
| 俠 | *ɡeːb |
| 綊 | *ɡeːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keːb) : phonetic 夾 (OC *kreːb) + semantic 頁 (“head”) – part of the head.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiá (jia$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap$^3$ / haap$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiap
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gieb$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^2$
*** Yale: jyá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
*** Palladius: цзя (czja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaap$^3$ / haap$^3$
*** Yale: gaap / haap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaap$^8$ / haap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gab$^3$ / hab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːp̚³/, /haːp̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
*** Tâi-lô: kiap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gieb$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiṳp
*** Sinological IPA : /kiɯp̚²/
* Middle Chinese: kep
Rime :
| Character | 頰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 怗 (158) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 古協切 |
| Baxter | kep |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kep̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kep̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɛp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɛp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kep̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kiep̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiep̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gip$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*keːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 頰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5904 |
| Phonetic component | 夾 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 頰 |
| Old Chinese | /*keːb/ |

### Definitions

頰
* (anatomy) cheek

#### Synonyms

* 腮 (sāi)
* 腮頰／腮颊 (sāijiá)
* 臉巴子／脸巴子 (liǎnbāzi)
* 臉蛋／脸蛋 (liǎndàn) (colloquial)
* 臉蛋子／脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) (colloquial)
* 臉頰／脸颊 (liǎnjiá)
* 面頰／面颊 (miànjiá)

### Compounds

* 不置齒頰／不置齿颊
* 兩頰／两颊 (liǎngjiá)
* 批頰／批颊
* 梨頰微渦／梨颊微涡
* 烏頰魚／乌颊鱼
* 緩頰／缓颊
* 腮頰／腮颊 (sāijiá)
* 臉頰／脸颊 (liǎnjiá)
* 臉頰骨／脸颊骨
* 豐頰／丰颊
* 面頰／面颊 (miànjiá)
* 頰上添毫／颊上添毫
* 頰嗛／颊嗛
* 頰囊／颊囊
* 頰帶／颊带
* 頰線／颊线
* 頰輔／颊辅
* 頰黏膜／颊黏膜
* 馬頰／马颊
* 齒頰生香／齿颊生香
* 齒頰留香／齿颊留香

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 頬 |
| Kyūjitai | 頰 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頬)
* cheeks
* jaw

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kun: ほお (hō, 頰, Jōyō)、ほほ (hoho, 頰)、つら (tsura, 頰)
* 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)

## Korean
### Hanja

頰 (eum 협 (hyeop))
* cheeks
* jaw
* amenity

## Vietnamese
### Han character

頰: Hán Nôm readings: giáp
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#### References

* Nom Foundation