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U+982C, 頬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-982C

[U+982B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+982D]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Glyph origin[edit]

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from ().

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声): phonetic () + semantic (head) – part of the head.

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 181, +6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大廿一月金 (KTMBC), composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1404, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4367, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+982C

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“cheek”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Extended shinjitai form of : cheeks

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

The kyūjitai form was added to the Jōyō kanji list in 2010. This character form remains in common use.

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
ほほ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/popo//fofo//hoho/

From Old Japanese. Appears in the mid-Heian period dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ほほ) (hoho

  1. (anatomy) cheek, (the side of the face)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
ほお
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

[ho̞ho̞][ho̞ː]

Derived from hoho above.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ほお) (ほほ (fofo)?

  1. (anatomy) cheek
Usage notes[edit]

The reading is more common when used as a standalone noun.

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
つら
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Of same origin as (tsura, a string or lineup of things). Extending from the meaning of "lineup", the meaning changed to indicate the side of the items lined up. In reference to people, this came to mean the cheeks as the side of the face, and then by extension the face as a whole.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(つら) (tsura

  1. the cheeks
  2. the face (usually written )
  3. one's facial expression
  4. the side of something
  5. the surface or front of something
  6. one's honor: "face" as in save face or lose face
Alternative forms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Used as ateji in various names.

Proper noun[edit]

(すえみつ) (Suemitsu

  1. a male given name

Proper noun[edit]

(すえもと) (Suemoto

  1. a male given name

Proper noun[edit]

(のりみち) (Norimichi

  1. a male given name

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN