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颧 is the simplified form of the traditional character 顴. It is a phono-semantic compound: the right-side component 页 (simplified from 頁, meaning "head") places the character within the semantic field of the head and face, while the left-side component 雚 indicates its pronunciation. The character refers exclusively to the zygomatic bone, the cheekbone, the prominent bone that shapes the upper cheek. It has no extended or metaphorical meanings and is used strictly as an anatomical term.
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