Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to rest one's chin in one's hands

    彼はほおづえをついた。
    He rested his chin on his hands.

Also written 頬づえをつく【ほおづえをつく】頬杖を突く【ほおづえをつく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cheeks, jaw

Kun
ほおほほ
On
キョウ
Strokes
15
Frequency
2424 of 2500
Radical
leaf

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-6-9SKIP code
9a7.2The Kanji Dictionary
4108.6Four corner code
982cUnicode hex code
1-43-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5131Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6629New Nelson (John Haig)
1776Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2792Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1358Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
43496XMorohashi
2000Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
jia2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

staff, cane

Kun
つえ
On
ジョウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2387 of 2500
Radical
tree

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
4a3.5The Kanji Dictionary
4590.0Four corner code
6756Unicode hex code
1-30-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2183Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2555New Nelson (John Haig)
1026Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
736Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2504Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2566Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
422Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
14469Morohashi
zhang4Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading