顎 — jaw, chin, gill

あご顎 jaw

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 18 strokes

U+984E Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #1333 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

jaw
chin
gill

word

あご ago Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

顎(あご) ago jaw

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

咢 startled cry

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