顎 means “jaw, chin”

あご · ago

Also: gill

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あご, あぎと

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 18 strokes

The story

Two mouths (口口) over a curving line, beside a head (頁): the hinge that works the mouth. 顎 is the jaw and chin: 二重顎 is a double chin, and 顎で使う, ordering people with a jerk of your chin, is bossing them around.

Used in 顎 (ago, jaw/chin), 二重顎 (nijuuago, double chin), and 顎関節 (gakukansetsu, jaw joint)

More from Head to Toe

• 頰 cheek
• 脚 leg
• 眼 eye
• 尻 buttocks
• 掌 palm
• 脇 armpit
• 舌 tongue
• 胴 torso
• 拳 fist
• 唇 lips
• 爪 nail
• 瞳 pupil (of the eye)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.