The kanji 顔: meaning, readings and stroke order
顔
- Meaning
- face
- On reading
- ガン gan
- Kun reading
- かお kao
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 頁 leaf
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
- Old form
- 顏
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khuôn mặt (nhan)
- Japanese
- かお。
- Korean
- 얼굴 (안)
- Chinese
- 脸 (颜)
Readings, words and example sentences
ガン gan · on reading · less common
顔面
face (formal word)
顔面を 白く ぬります。
I paint my whole face white.
かお kao · kun reading
顔
face
朝おきたら 顔を あらいます。
I wash my face when I get up in the morning.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.