頷 — 16 strokes / Radical「頁」
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- On
- ガン・カンがん・かん · gan · kan
- Kun
- うなず.く・あごunazu.ku · ago
- Meaning
- to nod
Stroke order
Origin
Head 頁 with 含, to hold in the mouth, as phonetic: to draw in the chin and nod.
Compounds
- 頷くうなずく
to nod
- 頷あご
the jaw
Example
黙って頷いて答える。
They answer with a silent nod.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
RadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)