顔

顔

See also: 顏 and 颜

顔 U+9854, 顔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9854 ← 顓 [U+9853] CJK Unified Ideographs 顕 → [U+9855]

Translingual

Traditional	顏
Shinjitai	顔
Simplified	颜

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

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

Related characters

• 顏 (Orthodox traditional form used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau)
• 颜 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: 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

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Variant form of 顏 (彥 → 彦).

Definitions

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

Usage notes

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

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Japanese

Kanji

顔

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. face
2. expression

Readings

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

Compounds

• 顔(がん)厚(こう)忸(じく)怩(じ) (gankōjikuji)
• 顔貌(がんぼう) (ganbō)
• 顔(かお)が利(き)く (kao ga kiku)
• 顔料(がんりょう) (ganryō)
• 洗顔(せんがん) (sengan)
• 昼顔(ひるがお) (hirugao)
• 朝顔(あさがお) (asagao)
• 顔(かお)文字(もじ) (kaomoji)
• 笑(え)顔(がお) (egao)
• アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
顔
かお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
顏 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) かお [kàó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞]

Noun

顔(かお) • (kao) ^{←かほ (kafo)?}

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

Descendants

• ⇒ Korean: 가오 (gao, “face; reputation”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
顔
がん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
顏 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 顏 (MC ŋˠan).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]

Affix

顔(がん) • (gan) 

1. look; face; expression
2. color

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

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

Hanja

Wikisource顔 (eumhun 얼굴 안 (eolgul an))

1. Hanja form^? of 안 (“face”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 안면 (顔面, anmyeon)
• 안색 (顔色, ansaek)
• 용안 (容顔, yong'an)
• 세안 (洗顔, sean)
• 동안 (童顔, dong'an)
• 미안 (美顔, mian)

References

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

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Miyako

Kanji

顔

• Kun: みぱな (mipana)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mipana]

Noun

顔 (hiragana みぱな, romaji mipana)

1. face

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Okinawan

Kanji

顔

• Kun: ちら (chira)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕira]

Noun

顔 (hiragana ちら, romaji chira)

1. face

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Vietnamese

Han character

顔: Hán Nôm readings: nhan, nhăn

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