顔

See also 顏, and 颜

Translingual

Han character

顔 (radical 181 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input XXX卜竹 (XXXYH), 卜竹一月金 (YHMBC), composition ⿰彦頁)

1. face, facial appearance

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1407, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43591
• Dae Jaweon: page 1925, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4383, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9854

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Japanese

Kanji

顔 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: がん (gan), げん (gen)
• Kun: かお (kao)

Noun

顔 (hiragana かお, romaji kao)

1. a person's face
2. a person's reputation

Compounds

顔厚忸怩 (がんこうじくじ, gankōjikuji) 顔貌 (がんぼう, ganbō) 顔が利く (かおがきく, kao ga kiku)

顔料 (がんりょう, ganryō) 洗顔 (せんがん, sengan)

顔文字 (かおもじ, kaomoji) 笑顔 (えがお, egao)

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Korean

Hanja

顔 (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune-Reischauer an, Yale an)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

顔 (simplified 颜, pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

顔 (nhan, nhăn)