顔

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)

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

• 㘖, 𤄰

• 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

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

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).

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.

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

1. face
2. expression

• 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)

• (Tokyo) かお [kàó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞]

顔(かお) • (kao) ^{←かほ (kafo)?}

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

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

From Middle Chinese 顏 (MC ngaen).

• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɴ]

顔(がん) • (gan) 

1. look; face; expression
2. color

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

Wikisource 顔 (eumhun 얼굴 안 (eolgul an))

1. Hanja form^? of 안 (“face”).

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

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: みぱな (mipana, 顔)

• IPA^(key): [mipana]

顔(みぱな) (mipana) 

1. face

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: ちら (chira)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕira]

顔(ちら) (chira) 

1. face

顔: Hán Nôm readings: nhan, nhăn

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