Chinese Character 颊 Meanings and components.

Form

颊

Meaning

颊 meaning[3] in English

Cheeks.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 颊 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to press from … (夹) , and head (页)

Its radical[1] is: 頁 (ye4) which means: Head, .頁ye4head

In cangjie it is written with KTMBO

How to write 颊

To write颊jia2cheeks you should write a combination of 夹jia1to press … , 页ye4head arranged in a 吅 shape:

夹 + 页 = 颊

颊 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 颊 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 颊, looks as follow:

颊
Pinyin:jia2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cheeks
夹
Pinyin:jia1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Press From Either Side . To Place In Between . To Sandwich . To Carry Sth Under Armpit . Wedged Between . Between . To Intersperse . To Mix . To Mingle . Clip . Folder . Taiwan Pr. [Jia2]
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
页
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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