颊

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cheeks

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The jaw in 夹 the head 页; 夹 also provides the pronunciation

Components 夹页

cheek · Heisig RSH #1524

夹 press from both sides + head

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
紫颊直嘴太阳鸟	zǐ jiá zhí zuǐ tài yáng niǎo	(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
黄颊山雀	huáng jiá shān què	(bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
黄颊麦鸡	huáng jiá mài jī	(bird species of China) sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
齿颊生香	chǐ jiá shēng xiāng	lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom); fig. to water at the mouth; to drool in ant…
两颊生津	liǎng jiá shēng jīn	mouth-watering; to whet one's appetite
白颊噪鹛	bái jiá zào méi	(bird species of China) white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio)
白颊黑雁	bái jiá hēi yàn	(bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
面颊	miàn jiá	cheek
栗颊噪鹛	lì jiá zào méi	(bird species of China) rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis)
脸颊	liǎn jiá	cheek
白颊鹎	bái jiá bēi	(bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
白颊山鹧鸪	bái jiá shān zhè gū	(bird species of China) white-cheeked partridge (Arborophila atrogularis)
颊窝	jiá wō	dimple; heat-sensing facial pit of a snake
批颊	pī jiá	to slap sb's cheeks
缓颊	huǎn jiá	to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action
腮颊	sāi jiá	cheek; jaw