顔 – face, expression

18 strokesTaught in grade 2#676 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 顔 means face, expression. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン (gan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かお (kao). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガン	gan
Kun’yomi	かお	kao

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・頁・立・亠・厂・彡.

Words using 顔

顔かおface笑顔えがおsmiling face顔付きかおつき(outward) looks

Example sentences

ヘレンはみんなにほめられて顔を赤くした。

Helen blushed at their praise.

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露骨に嫌な顔をして、彼を睨みつけた。

I glared at him with a blatant look of disapproval on my face.

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彼女の笑顔が感謝の気持ちを表した。

Her smile expressed her thanks.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭類頼順項願預顧頑頂顕頻頃

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