顎

あご · ago · JLPT N1 · noun

chin

頁 head + 咢 open mouth = jaw. Sounds like ago: say ah and your chin drops

The kanji 顎 combines 頁, a head radical, with 咢, which carries the sense of an open mouth. Together they point to the lower face. It is read ago, like 'a go' as the jaw swings open.

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