顎

18 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

jaw, chin, gill

Kun'yomi
  • あご
    		jaw ②barb (of a fishhook)
  • あぎと
    		chin ②gills
On'yomi
  • ガク
    		jaw ②barb (of a fishhook)

Main Radical

頁(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あご 90.9%
ガク 9.1%

Character Breakdown

jaw, chin, gill
あご　ガク　あぎと (11th)
outspokenly
ガク　おどろく (Kentei 1)
accuse, argue, dispute
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
waning moon(虧) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
コウ　さまた.げられる
page, leaf
ケツ　ぺえじ　おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

あご
顎
jaw ②barb (of a fishhook)
した
下
あご
顎
lower jaw
うわ
上
あご
顎
upper jaw
あご
顎
　
の
ほね
骨
jawbone
か
下
がく
顎
こつ
骨
mandible
に
二
じゅう
重
あご
顎
double chin
あご
顎
ひも
紐
chin strap
あご
顎
　
の
　
しゃ
　
く
　
れ
　
た
(person) with a turned-up chin
あご
顎
　
が
　
しゃ
　
く
　
れ
　
る
to have a protruding chin
あご
顎
　
ク
　
イ
suddenly lifting someone's face by their chin (in a domineering yet romantic fashion)
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References

Unicode hex code 984E
JIS X 0208 1-19-60
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5135
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6643
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2276
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1607
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2795
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1333
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 43590
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2002
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 9a9.2
Four corner code 6128.6