颊 — Chinese character
颊
jiá
cheeks, jaw
- Pinyin
- jiá
- Radical
- 181 ⾴ (Leaf)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 夹 页
- Formation
- ideographic — The jaw in 夹 the head 页; 夹 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 頰
Common words with 颊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脸颊 (臉頰) | liǎn jiá | cheek |
| 面颊 (面頰) | miàn jiá | cheek |
| 缓颊 (緩頰) | huǎn jiá | to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action |
| 两颊生津 (兩頰生津) | liǎng jiá shēng jīn | mouth-watering; to whet one's appetite |
| 批颊 (批頰) | pī jiá | to slap sb's cheeks |
| 栗颊噪鹛 (栗頰噪鶥) | lì jiá zào méi | (bird species of China) rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis) |
| 白颊噪鹛 (白頰噪鶥) | bái jiá zào méi | (bird species of China) white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio) |
| 白颊鹎 (白頰鵯) | bái jiá bēi | (bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) |
| 白颊黑雁 (白頰黑雁) | bái jiá hēi yàn | (bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| 腮颊 (腮頰) | sāi jiá | cheek; jaw |
| 颊窝 (頰窩) | jiá wō | dimple; heat-sensing facial pit of a snake |
| 黄颊山雀 (黃頰山雀) | huáng jiá shān què | (bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) |
English words written with 颊
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.