頬
- Meaning
- cheeks jaw
- On reading
- キョウ
- Kun reading
- ほお | ほほ
- Nanori
- —
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 181
- Grade
- —
- JLPT
- —
- Frequency
- 2424
Stroke order
Words using 頬
- 微笑む ほほえむ — to smile
- 頬っぺた ほっぺた — cheek
- 頬 ほお — cheek (of the face)
- 面 つら — face
- 微笑ましい ほほえましい — heartwarming
- 微笑み ほほえみ — smile
- 頬っぺ ほっぺ — cheek
- 頬紅 ほおべに — cheek rouge
- 頬骨 ほおぼね — cheekbone
- 頬髭 ほおひげ — whiskers
- 頬杖をつく ほおづえをつく — to rest one's chin in one's hands
- 頬被り ほおかぶり — covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.
- 頬杖 ほおづえ — resting one's chin in one's hands
- 頬桁 ほおげた — cheekbone
- 頬ずり ほおずり — rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection)
- 頬張る ほおばる — to stuff one's cheeks
- 頬を染める ほおをそめる — to blush
- 面頬 めんぽお — face guard
- 頬白 ほおじろ — meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides)
- 頬染める ほおそめる — to blush
- 頬の削げた ほおのそげた — hollow-cheeked
- 頬白鮫 ほおじろざめ — great white shark
- 頬白鴨 ほおじろがも — common goldeneye (species of duck, Bucephala clangula)
- 深山頬白 みやまほおじろ — yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans)
- 頬筋 きょうきん — buccinator muscle
- 銀頬蜜吸 ぎんほおみつすい — little wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)
- 豊頬 ほうきょう — plump cheeks
- 黄帯頬長雀蜂 きおびほおながすずめばち — median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
- 狐の子は頬白 きつねのこはつらじろ — like father, like son
- 双頬 そうきょう — both cheeks
- 雪頬白 ゆきほおじろ — snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- 頬袋 ほおぶくろ — cheek pouch
- 頬側 きょうそく — buccal
- ほっぺたが落ちる ほっぺたがおちる — to think something is delicious
- 信濃頬髭蝙蝠 しなのほおひげこうもり — Shinano whiskered bat (Myotis ikonnikovi hosonoi)
- 猿頬貝 さるぼうがい — Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
- 猿頬 さるぼお — cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
- 頬を紅潮させる ほおをこうちょうさせる — to blush
- 頬肉 ほほにく — cheek meat
- 頬っ被り ほっかむり — covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.