16 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

cheeks, jaw

Kun'yomi
  • cheek (of face)
  • cheek (of face)
On'yomi
  • キョウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

cheeks, jaw
キョウ ほお ほほ (11th)
insert between
キョウ コウ はさ.む (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
two people
ショウ ジュウ ジュ (Kentei 1)
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)

References

Unicode hex code 9830
JIS X 0212 1-72-4
JIS X 0213 1-93-90
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6637
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2043
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1460
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 43496