頜

See also: 颌

頜	U+981C, 頜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-981C

← 頛
[U+981B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

頝 →
[U+981D]

Translingual

Han character

頜 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人口一月金 (ORMBC), four-corner 8168₆, composition ⿰合頁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1402, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43440
Dae Jaweon: page 1920, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4368, character 16
Unihan data for U+981C

Chinese

trad.		頜
simp.		颌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頜
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (合) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	quːm, qromʔ, qɯːm, qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	ɡuːmʔ, kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	tuːb, tʰoːb
褡	tuːb, toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	tuːb, tʰoːb
榙	tkuːb, ɡuːb
佮	tkʰuːb, kuːb, quːb, quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	kuːb, ɡuːb
郃	kuːb, ɡuːb
匌	kuːb, kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	kuːb, kruːb
韐	kuːb, kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	quːb, quːb
欱	qʰuːb, qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	kruːb, kob, *ɡob
袷	kruːb, ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	qʰjob, qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb) : phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hé, gé, hàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ, ㄍㄜˊ, ㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ / gap³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hé
  - Wade–Giles: ho²
  - Yale: hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
  - Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gé
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gé
  - Wade–Giles: ko²
  - Yale: gé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
  - Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
  - Wade–Giles: han⁴
  - Yale: hàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
  - Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ / gap³
  - Yale: hahp / gap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ / gap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ / geb³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚²/, /kɐp̚³/

Middle Chinese: homX, kop

Rime
Character	頜	頜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡感切	古沓切
Baxter	homX	kop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʌm^X/	/kʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəm^X/	/kəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɒm^X/	/kɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəm^X/	/kəp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣᴀm^X/	/kᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɒm^X/	/kɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăm^X/	/kăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàn	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham⁶	gap³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːmʔ/, /*kuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頜	頜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4942	4963
Phonetic component	合	合
Rime group	侵	緝
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	頷	閤
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːmʔ/	/*kuːb/

Definitions

頜

(anatomy) jaw

Compounds

上頜／上颌 (shànghé)
下頜／下颌 (xiàhé)
無頜／无颌
豬頜蛇鰻／猪颌蛇鳗 (zhūhéshémán)
頜骨／颌骨 (hégǔ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gé (Ge²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gap³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gé
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gé
  - Wade–Giles: Ko²
  - Yale: Gé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ger
  - Palladius: Гэ (Gɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gap³
  - Yale: gap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: geb³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚³/

Definitions

頜

a surname

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko̍p

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko̍p
  - Tâi-lô: ko̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kop
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔp̚¹²¹/

Definitions

頜

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to swallow a big gulp (of liquid)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 沐 (bo̍k)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 頜 – see 領 (“neck; collar; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 領).

Japanese

Kanji

頜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): かん (kan)、ごん (gon)、がん (gan)、こう (kō)
Kun: あご (ago)