What does it mean to dream about cheek?
A cheek often points to warmth and intimacy, the place of a blush or a kiss, and sometimes to boldness or shame shown plainly on the face.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would read the cheek as a tender zone tied to affection and to the body's flush of feeling. A struck or burning cheek can mark shame, desire, or a sting the dreamer has taken to heart.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung would see the cheek as a meeting place of feeling and face, where inner warmth or shame shows through the persona. A blush in a dream may mark something the self cannot quite hide.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Continuity ties cheeks to waking thoughts about closeness, embarrassment, and being seen to feel something. Dreams of a blush or a slap often follow days of strong or exposed emotion.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
To turn the other cheek became a watchword of patient mercy, while a kiss on the cheek sealed welcome or betrayal by turns. The flush of the cheek has long been read as the heart speaking through the skin.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Brewer; Bulfinch).