顔 — face, expression, countenance

かお顔 face

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 18 strokes body

U+9854 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #676 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1719 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

face
expression
countenance

word

かお・がお kao Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

顔(かお) kao face 顔(かお) 色(いろ) kaoiro complexion 顔(かお) つき kaotsuki facial expression 笑(え) 顔(がお) egao smiling face 似(に) 顔(がお) 絵(え) nigaoe portrait 素(す) 顔(がお) sugao bare face

かん・がん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

顔(がん) 面(めん) ganmen face

Appears in idioms

顔が広い慣用句

face is wide

厚顔無恥四字熟語

thick, face, nothingness, shame

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顔 — face, expression, countenance

Meanings

word

かお・がお kao Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

かん・がん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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顔 — face, expression, countenance

Meanings

word

かお ・がお kao Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

かん ・がん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

かお・がお kao Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

かん・がん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).