顔かお

See also: 顏かお and 颜

顔かお U+9854, 顔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9854 ← 顓 [U+9853] CJK Unified Ideographs 顕あらわ → [U+9855]

Translingual

Traditional	顏かお
Shinjitai	顔かお
Simplified	颜

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

顔かお (Kangxi radical 181, 頁ぺーじ+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 難なん難なん難なん卜ぼく竹ちく (XXXYH) or 卜ぼく竹ちく一いち月がつ金きん (YHMBC), composition ⿰彦頁ぺーじ)

Related characters

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

Derived characters

• 㘖, 𤄰

References

• 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

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Variant form of 顏かお (彥 → 彦).

Definitions

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

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.

Japanese

Shinjitai	顔かお
Kyūjitai	顏かお

Kanji

顔かお

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 顏かお)

1. face
2. expression

Readings

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

Compounds

• 顔かお(がん)厚あつ(こう)忸(じく)怩(じ) (gankōjikuji)
• 顔貌かおかたち(がんぼう) (ganbō)
• 顔かお(かお)が利り(き)く (kao ga kiku)
• 顔料がんりょう(がんりょう) (ganryō)
• 洗顔せんがん(せんがん) (sengan)
• 昼顔ひるがお(ひるがお) (hirugao)
• 朝顔あさがお(あさがお) (asagao)
• 顔かお(かお)文字もじ(もじ) (kaomoji)
• 笑わらい(え)顔かお(がお) (egao)
• アヘ顔かお(がお) (ahegao)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
顔かお
かお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
顏かお (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かお [kàó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞]

Noun

顔かお(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
顔かお
がん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
顏かお (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 顏かお (MC ngaen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]

Affix

顔かお(がん) • (gan) 

1. look; face; expression
2. color

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 顏かお (MC ngaen). Recorded as Middle Korean 안 (an) (Yale: an) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙くんもう字じ會かい / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

顔かお (eumhun 얼굴 안 (eolgul an))

1. hanja form^? of 안 (“face”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 안면 (顔面がんめん, anmyeon)
• 안색 (顔色かおいろ, ansaek)
• 용안 (容顔ようがん, yong'an)
• 세안 (洗顔せんがん, sean)
• 동안 (童顔どうがん, dong'an)
• 미안 (美顔びがん, mian)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさ溪けい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅう慶けい北きた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子でんし字典じてん. [2]

Miyako

Kanji

顔かお

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: みぱな (mipana, 顔かお)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mipana]

Noun

顔かお(みぱな) (mipana) 

1. face

Okinawan

Kanji

顔かお

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: ちら (chira)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕira]

Noun

顔かお(ちら) (chira) 

1. face

Vietnamese

Han character

顔かお: Hán Nôm readings: nhan, nhăn

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