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顔 kanji
face, expression
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ガン
Kun readings
かお
Variant forms
顏Words with 顔
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —赭顔ruddy face
- —玉顔imperial face
- —瑶顔beautiful face; exquisite countenance
- —顔着face plant; landing on one's face
- —顔射facial; ejaculation onto partner's face
- —赧顔blushing (with shyness); flushed face
- —半顔half the face
- —顔騎facesitting (sex act)
- —顔彩dried rectangular cakes of water paint (used in Japanese-style paintings)
- —花顔lovely face
- —向顔meeting face-to-face; seeing in person
- —復顔facial reconstruction (in forensics, archeology, etc.)
- —顔筋facial muscles; muscles of the face
- —美顔水face lotion
- —美顔術(a) facial; facial treatment; beauty treatment (for the face)
- —顔面骨facial bone
- —顔面筋facial muscle
- —洗顔料facial cleanser
- —顔面痛prosopalgia; facial pain
- —厚顔抄Kogansho (1691 commentary on the songs of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki; by Keichu)