颊
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cheeks
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Dict coverage rank #2,662 U+988A
How 颊 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The jaw in 夹 the head 页; 夹 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
cheek · Heisig RSH #1524
夹 press from both sides + head
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 颊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紫颊直嘴太阳鸟 | zǐ jiá zhí zuǐ tài yáng niǎo | (bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) |
| 黄颊山雀 | huáng jiá shān què | (bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) |
| 黄颊麦鸡 | huáng jiá mài jī | (bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) |
| 齿颊生香 | chǐ jiá shēng xiāng | lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom); fig. to water at the mouth; to drool in ant… |
| 两颊生津 | liǎng jiá shēng jīn | mouth-watering; to whet one's appetite |
| 白颊噪鹛 | bái jiá zào méi | (bird species of China) white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio) |
| 白颊黑雁 | bái jiá hēi yàn | (bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| 面颊 | miàn jiá | cheek |
| 栗颊噪鹛 | lì jiá zào méi | (bird species of China) rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis) |
| 脸颊 | liǎn jiá | cheek |
| 白颊鹎 | bái jiá bēi | (bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) |
| 白颊山鹧鸪 | bái jiá shān zhè gū | (bird species of China) white-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis) |
| 颊窝 | jiá wō | dimple; heat-sensing facial pit of a snake |
| 批颊 | pī jiá | to slap sb's cheeks |
| 缓颊 | huǎn jiá | to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action |
| 腮颊 | sāi jiá | cheek; jaw |