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)

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)

Related characters

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

Derived characters

• 㘖, 𤄰

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.