Translingual

Han character

顎 (radical 181 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 口尸一月金 (RSMBC), four-corner 6128₆, composition ⿰咢頁)

1. jaw

References

• KangXi: page 1407, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43590
• Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4382, character 5
• Unihan data for U+984E

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

顎

1. jaw

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. jaw

Readings

• Goon: がく (gaku)
• Kan’on: がく (gaku)
• Kun: あご (ago)

References

• Shift JIS: 8A7B
• JIS: 335C

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) あご​ [àgóꜜ] (Odaka - [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɡ̃o̞]

Noun

顎 ‎(hiragana あご, romaji ago)

1. jaw
2. chin
3. barb
4. jaw of a machine

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) が​く [gáꜜkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

顎 ‎(hiragana がく, romaji gaku)

1. jaw

Derived terms

• 顎骨 (がくこつ) ‎(gakukotsu, “jawbone”)
• 顎関節 (がくかんせつ) ‎(gakukansetsu, “temporomandibular joint”)

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

顎 • ‎(ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune-Reischauer ak, Yale ak)

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