頷 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「頁」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「頁」
- On
- ガン・カン
- Kun
- うなず.く・あご
- Meaning
- to nod
Origin
Head 頁 with 含, to hold in the mouth, as phonetic: to draw in the chin and nod.
Stroke order
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.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)