noun
Refers to the fleshy side of the face below the eye. The reading ほほ is an older or more formal variant, but ほお is standard in modern Japanese.
彼女は恥ずかしそうに頬を赤らめた。
She blushed shyly.
赤ちゃんのふっくらした頬が可愛い。
The baby's chubby cheeks are cute.
Variant kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Kana spelling; used when the kanji is considered difficult or in informal writing.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 頬 is conventionally associated with the meaning 'cheek'.