Memory phrase for the Kanji: 颊
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颊 |
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Meaning
| cheeks
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Pronunciation |
jiá |
Explanation |
Left: to squeeze 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.), right: page, head 页/頁 (= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) |
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They are squeezing the head: the cheeks.
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Radicals
夹
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squeeze in | |
頁
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head, leader | Picture of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows 頁 meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
脸颊 |
liǎn jiá |
cheek |
颊窝 |
jiá wō |
dimple; heat-sensing facial pit of a snake |
面颊 |
miàn jiá |
cheek |
腮颊 |
sāi jiá |
cheek; jaw |
腮颊 |
sāi jiá |
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