Word Meaning 頬骨

ほおぼね hoobone

頬骨 is read as ほおぼね (hoobone) and means cheekbones.

Meaning

English

cheekbones
zygomatic bone
malar bone

Reading

Kana

ほおぼね

Romaji

hoobone

Writing Variants

頬骨きょうこつ kyoukotsu
頬骨ほほぼね hohobone

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 135869 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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頬

ほお

cheek (of the face)

頬

つら

cheek meat

頬っぺた

ほっぺた

cheek

露骨

ろこつ

broad

遺骨

いこつ

remains (of war dead)

骸骨

がいこつ

skeleton

拳骨

げんこつ

(clenched) fist

納骨

のうこつ

placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary)

鎖骨

さこつ

collarbone

整骨

せいこつ

bonesetting

環状軟骨

かんじょうなんこつ

cricoid cartilage

筋骨

きんこつ

cartilage