Kanji
N1 18 strokes Grade 8

jaw, chin, gill

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

leaf/head oogai

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

Viola verecunda (violet species)
maxillary artery
Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)
prognathism
maxillary prognathism
temporomandibular joint disorder; temporomandibular joint dysfunction
gnathostomiasis; larva migrans profundus
jaw
submandibular gland; submaxillary gland
maxilliped; gnathopod

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

jaw; chin
forktongue goby (Chaenogobius annularis); chestnut goby
chin; jaw
cleft chin
suddenly lifting someone's face by their chin (in a domineering yet romantic fashion)
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward
jawbone; mandible
wearing a face mask over one's chin
lower jaw; mandible
to have a protruding chin; to have a turned-up chin

Example sentences

I hit him on the chin.

I was laughing so hard I nearly dislocated my jaw.