also: きょうこつ · ほほぼね
cheekbone; zygomatic bone
Anatomical term for the bone forming the prominence of the cheek.
彼は転んで頬骨を打った。
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.