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頤 Kanji meaning "chin, jaw"

Jiten frequency #3590Kanken Level 1TMW Immortal Idol15 strokes

Meanings

chin, jaw

On'yomi

イ

Kun'yomi

おとがいあご

Composed of

匚box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22)
頁pageradical

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

頤(い)使(し)bossing someone around#195538頤和園(いわえん)Summer Palace (Beijing, China)#299259山雷頤(さんらいい)yi (hexagram 27 of the I Ching: the corners of the mouth)#398255周敦頤(しゅうとんい)Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073 CE)#398255頤(い)指(し)bossing someone around#468698宗頤(そうい)Soui#468698程頤(ていい)Cheng Yi (1033-1107)#468698頤明(いめい)Imei#468698

Most common words using this kanji

頤(おとがい)(lower) jaw#68098頤(い)使(し)bossing someone around#195538頤(あご)jaw#208515頤和園(いわえん)Summer Palace (Beijing, China)#299259山雷頤(さんらいい)yi (hexagram 27 of the I Ching: the corners of the mouth)#398255周敦頤(しゅうとんい)Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073 CE)#398255宗頤(そうい)Soui#468698宗頤町(そうえんまち)Souenmachi#468698頤(い)指(し)bossing someone around#468698頤(あご)で人(ひと)を使(つか)うto set someone to work in an arrogant fashion#468698頤明(いめい)Imei#468698程頤(ていい)Cheng Yi (1033-1107)#468698
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