Word Meaning 頬骨

つらぼね tsurabone

頬骨 is read as つらぼね (tsurabone) and means cheekbones.

Meaning

English

  1. cheekbones
  2. zygomatic bone
  3. malar bone

Reading

Kana

つらぼね

Romaji

tsurabone

Writing Variants

  • 頬骨 きょうこつ kyoukotsu
  • 頬骨 ほおぼね hoobone
  • 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 134317 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

つら

cheek meat

ほお

cheek (of the face)

骸骨

がいこつ

skeleton

露骨

ろこつ

broad

拳骨

げんこつ

(clenched) fist

遺骨

いこつ

remains (of war dead)

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