# 頜

| 頜 | U+981C, &#38940; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-981C |
| ← 頛 [U+981B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 頝 → [U+981D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

頜 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人口一月金 (ORMBC), four-corner 8168$_6$, composition ⿰合頁)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1402, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43440
* Dae Jaweon: page 1920, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4368, character 16
* Unihan data for U+981C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 頜
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb) : phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hé, gé, hàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ, ㄍㄜˊ, ㄏㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^6$ / gap$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gé
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$
*** Yale: gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
*** Wade–Giles: han$^4$
*** Yale: hàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
*** Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$ / gap$^3$
*** Yale: hahp / gap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$ / gap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$ / geb$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/, /kɐp̚³/
* Middle Chinese: homX, kop
Rime :
| Character | 頜 | 頜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 胡感切 | 古沓切 |
| Baxter | homX | kop |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʌm$^X$/ | /kʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦəm$^X$/ | /kəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɒm$^X$/ | /kɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəm$^X$/ | /kəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣᴀm$^X$/ | /kᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɒm$^X$/ | /kɒp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣăm$^X$/ | /kăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hàn | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ham$^6$ | gap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːmʔ/, /*kuːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 頜 | 頜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4942 | 4963 |
| Phonetic component | 合 | 合 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 頷 | 閤 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡuːmʔ/ | /*kuːb/ |

#### Definitions

頜
* (anatomy) jaw

#### Compounds

* 上頜／上颌 (shànghé)
* 下頜／下颌 (xiàhé)
* 無頜／无颌
* 豬頜蛇鰻／猪颌蛇鳗 (zhūhéshémán)
* 頜骨／颌骨 (hégǔ)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Gé (Ge$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gap$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Gé
*** Wade–Giles: Ko$^2$
*** Yale: Gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ger
*** Palladius: Гэ (Gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gap$^3$
*** Yale: gap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geb$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐp̚³/

#### Definitions

頜
* a surname

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko̍p
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko̍p
*** Tâi-lô: ko̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kop
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔp̚¹²¹/

#### Definitions

頜
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to swallow a big gulp (of liquid)

##### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 沐 (bo̍k)

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 頜 – see 領 (“neck; collar; neckband; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 領).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かん (kan)、ごん (gon)、がん (gan)、こう (kō)
* Kun: あご (ago)