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U+9854, 顔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9854

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

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order (Japan)
18 strokes

Han character

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

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Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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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

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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

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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

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )[1]

  1. face
  2. expression

Readings

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  • Go-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)
  • Kun: かお (kao, , Jōyō)かほ (kafo, , historical)かんばせ (kanbase, )

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かお) (kaoかほ (kafo)?

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

Etymology 2

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

From Middle Chinese (MC ngaen).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(がん) (gan

  1. look; face; expression
  2. color

References

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  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 얼굴 (eolgul an))

  1. hanja form? of (face)

Compounds

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References

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  • 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

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Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

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Compound of (, eye) +‎ (pana, nose). Compare Japanese 目鼻 (mehana, facial features, literally eyes and nose).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みぱな) or (みーぱな) (mipana or mīpana

  1. face

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちら) (chira

  1. face

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: nhan, nhăn

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