顔

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 顔. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 顔, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 顔 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 顔 you have here. The definition of the word 顔 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of顔, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 顏 and 颜
顔 U+9854, 顔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9854
← 顓
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 顕 →

Translingual

Traditional 顏
Shinjitai 顔
Simplified 颜
Stroke order (Japan)
18 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

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
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 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.

Japanese

Shinjitai

顔

Kyūjitai

顏

Kanji

顔

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

  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, 顔, historical)、かんばせ (kanbase, 顔)

Compounds

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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 ngaen).

Pronunciation

Affix

顔(がん) • (gan) 

  1. look; face; expression
  2. color

References

  1. ^ “顔”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
  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

Etymology

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

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

顔 (eumhun 얼굴 안 (eolgul an))

  1. hanja form? of 안 (“face”)

Compounds

References

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

Miyako

Kanji

顔

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Etymology

Compound of 目 (mī, “eye”) +‎ 鼻 (pana, “nose”). Compare Japanese 目鼻 (mehana, “facial features”, literally “eyes and nose”).

Pronunciation

Noun

顔(みぱな) or 顔(みーぱな) (mipana or mīpana) 

  1. face

Okinawan

Kanji

顔

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

顔(ちら) (chira) 

  1. face

Vietnamese

Han character

顔: Hán Nôm readings: nhan, nhăn

  1. face
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia