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顎 means 'chin'

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 1749   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-31    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 36 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ガク
Kun
   あご chin
Kun    あぎと jaw
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 顎 - click the badge to download
See what the idioms "to put out one's chin" and "dried-out jaw" really represent, and discover chin/jaw expressions that mean "to push someone around" and "all expenses paid." Learn terms for "beard," "double chin," "cleft chin," "protruding chin," "jawbone," and "TMJ." Also find out how to say, "His beard made him look 10 years older" and "I hit him once on the chin.”
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Reading the Face
唇 顎 眉 頬
From the eyebrows to the lips, we express emotions nonverbally by twitching parts of the face, blushing, or smiling. Learn how the Japanese use 眉 (eyebrow) in terms related to worry, melancholy, relief, and disapproval. Read about charming perceptions of facial structure; an eyebrow is an "eave" for the eye, and other parts are metaphorical girders, vehicles, and gates. Discover rich idioms, such as "scorched eyebrows" and "fox pups have white cheeks," and see how the Japanese associate certain facial parts with exhaustion, delicious food, ordering others around, travel expenses, and long-term financial considerations.
⿰   reach the one with two mouths   page  
 surprised  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 顎 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 顎 is used 26 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ガク : 8 words FIND ALL
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noun
jaw joint; temporomandibular joint; TMJ  (anatomical term)
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ガク (read as がっ) : 3 words FIND ALL
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noun
jawbone
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あご : 14 words FIND ALL
expression, 'ku' godan verb
to set one's jaw; to tuck one's chin in; to drop one's chin
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あぎと : 1 word FIND ALL
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noun
1. chin; jaw  (see also: あご; esp. 顎門, 顎, 腮; archaic)
2. gills; branchia  (see also: ; esp. 鰓; archaic)
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An additional 2 less common words include 顎 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 1858  Key to Kanji:

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ガク   あご chin   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
reach the one with two mouths
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reach
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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