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)
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

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 顏) [1]

  1. face
  2. expression

Readings

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

  • IPA(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]

Affix

顔(がん) • (gan) 

  1. look; face; expression
  2. color

References

  1. “顔”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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

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

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  • Kun: みぱな (mipana, 顔)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mipana]

Noun

顔(みぱな) (mipana) 

  1. face

Okinawan

Kanji

顔

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

  • Kun: ちら (chira)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕira]

Noun

顔(ちら) (chira) 

  1. face

Vietnamese

Han character

顔: Hán Nôm readings: nhan, nhăn

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