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顔

顔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「顏」の異体字。顏#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

face, expression

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガンElem.
Kun (native)
  • かおElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音yan2
  • 한글an
  • Hán-ViệtNhan
  • Hán-ViệtNhăn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
頁(おおがい)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+9854

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰彦頁

Words using this kanji

  • 顔かお（かお）人や多くの動物の頭部において前面にあり、目、鼻、口のある部位。face, visage, looks, (facial) features
  • 顔ぶれかおぶれpersonnel, members, lineup (of a team), roster
  • 顔色かおいろかおいろ。complexion, skin tone, skin colour, countenance
  • 顔合わせかおあわせ(preliminary) meeting, face-to-face introduction, costarring, appearing together
  • 顔面がんめん顔。顔の表面。。face (of person)
  • 顔負けかおまけbeing put to shame, being outshone, being eclipsed, feeling embarrassed
  • 顔見知りかおみしりacquaintance
  • 顔立ちかおだち「かおだち」参照。looks, features
  • 顔つきかおつき「かおつき」参照。(outward) looks, features, face, countenance
  • 顔を潰すかおをつぶすto make someone lose face, to embarrass someone, to make someone look foolish
  • 顔なじみかおなじみかおなじみ 参照acquaintance, friend, familiar face
  • 顔を出すかおをだす会合などに出席する。to turn up, to make an appearance, to put in an appearance, to drop by
  • 顔料がんりょう水や油などに溶けない有色の粉末。塗料、化粧品などで着色に使われる。pigment, paint, colour, color
  • 顔役かおやくinfluential man, boss
  • 顔向けかおむけshowing one's face in public, facing another person
  • 顔かんばせ（かお）人や多くの動物の頭部において前面にあり、目、鼻、口のある部位。countenance, visage, (facial) features, face
  • 顔がお（かお）人や多くの動物の頭部において前面にあり、目、鼻、口のある部位。resembling ..., having the traits or characteristics of ..., -looking, with a ...-like expression
  • 顔黒がんぐろganguro
  • 顔着がんちゃくface plant, landing on one's face
  • 顔射がんしゃ相手の顔に射精すること。facial, ejaculation onto partner's face

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(271 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-9
Four Corner
0128.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
9a9.3
Heisig
1853
Nelson
5139