側頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
側	頭
そく Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

側 (“side”) +‎ 頭 (“head”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そくとー [sòkútóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟̊ᵝto̞ː]

Noun

側(そく)頭(とう) • (sokutō) 

1. (anatomy) Synonym of こめかみ (komekami, “temple”)

   Meronyms: 側頭窩 (sokutōka), 側頭筋 (sokutōkin), 側頭骨 (sokutōkotsu), 側頭線 (sokutōsen), 側頭葉 (sokutōyō)

   Coordinate terms: 後頭 (kōtō), 前頭 (zentō)

See also

• 側(そく)頭(とう)部(ぶ) (sokutōbu)