The kanji 顎: meaning, readings and stroke order
顎
- Meaning
- chin, jaw
- On reading
- ガク gaku
- Kun reading
- あご ago
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 頁 leaf
- Level
- Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cằm, hàm (ngạc)
- Japanese
- あご。
- Korean
- 턱 (악)
- Chinese
- 下巴、颚 (颚)
Readings, words and example sentences
ガク gaku · on reading · less common
上顎
upper jaw
上顎の 骨を 調べます。
They examine the bone of the upper jaw.
あご ago · kun reading · less common
顎
chin, jaw
顎に 手を 当てて 考えます。
I rest my chin on my hand and think.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.