臉

See also: 脸

Translingual

Han character

臉 (radical 130 肉+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月人一人 (BOMO), four-corner 7828₆, composition ⿰⺼僉)

References

• KangXi: page 996, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29954
• Dae Jaweon: page 1447, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2117, character 4
• Unihan data for U+81C9

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Chinese

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trad.		臉
simp.		脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎn (lian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁵
• Wu (WT Romanisation): li (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: lien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁵
    • Yale: líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /liːm¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: li (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /li²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (臉, reconstructed)
Character (臉), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 七廉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰiᴇm/	/t͡sʰi̯ɛm/	/t͡sʰiɛm/	/t͡sʰiɛm/	/t͡sʰiam/	/t͡sʰĭɛm/	/t͡sʰjæm/
Character (臉), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 咸 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 力減切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɣɛmX/	/lămX/	/lɐmX/	/lɯæmX/	/ləɨmX/	/lɐmX/	/lɐmX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (臉, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
臉					10180					僉					談					2					臉					/*ɡr·reːmʔ/
臉					10203					僉					談					1					籤					/*skʰlam/
臉					10212					僉					談					1					檢					/*kramʔ/					瞼分化字

Definitions

臉

1. face; (figuratively) reputation
2. cheek

Synonyms

• 面

Compounds

Derived terms

丟臉／丢脸 (diū liǎn) 苦瓜臉／苦瓜脸 (kǔguāliǎn) 臉盆／脸盆 (liǎnpén)

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Japanese

Kanji

臉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: れん (ren), せん (sen), けん (ken)
• Kun: まぶた (mabuta)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臉 (kiểm, quặm)

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