Chinese symbol for “cheek”
脸颊
liǎn jiá
Traditional: 臉頰
cheek
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cheek is 脸颊 (liǎn jiá), defined as: cheek.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cheek”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脸蛋 (臉蛋) | liǎn dàn | cheek; face |
| 腮 | sāi | cheek |
| 面颊 (面頰) | miàn jiá | cheek |
| 面皮 | miàn pí | cheek; face |
| 脸蛋儿 (臉蛋兒) | liǎn dàn r | cheek; face (often of child) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脸颊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丢脸 (丟臉) | diū liǎn | to lose face; humiliation |
| 脸色 (臉色) | liǎn sè | complexion; look |
| 脸部 (臉部) | liǎn bù | face |
| 露脸 (露臉) | lòu liǎn | to show one's face; to make one's good name |
| 笑脸 (笑臉) | xiào liǎn | smiling face; smiley :) ☺ |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cheek”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.