also: きょうこつ · ほほぼね
He fell and hit his cheekbone.
This makeup technique makes the cheekbones look higher.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common reading is ほおぼね.
On'yomi reading used mainly in medical contexts.
Variant reading; ほおぼね is more common.
Compound of 頬 (ほお, 'cheek') and 骨 (ほね, 'bone'), with rendaku voicing of ほね to ぼね.