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U+9854, 顔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9854

[U+9853]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9855]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order (Japan)
18 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 181, +9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 難難難卜竹 (XXXYH) or 卜竹一月金 (YHMBC), composition )

Related characters[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Usage notes[edit]

This character is the preferred form used in Japan, Korea, Vietnam as well as mainland China (when used as a traditional character).

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Variant form of ().

Definitions[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“forehead, especially the glabellar area; countenance; facial expression; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of ).

Usage notes[edit]

This character is considered the traditional form of in mainland China based on the standardized form of characters (Xin Zixing) in use since 1965.

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )[1]

  1. face
  2. expression

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
かお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(かお) (kaoかほ (kafo)?

  1. a person's face
  2. a person's reputation
Descendants[edit]
  • Korean: 가오 (gao, face; reputation)

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
がん
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC ngaen).

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

(がん) (gan

  1. look; face; expression
  2. color

References[edit]

  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese (MC ngaen). Recorded as Middle Korean (an) (Yale: an) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 얼굴 (eolgul an))

  1. Hanja form? of (face).

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Miyako[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(みぱな) (mipana

  1. face

Okinawan[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ちら) (chira

  1. face

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: nhan, nhăn

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