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顔 means 'face'

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 134   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 16    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 86 words   Used in 227 words   Used in 49 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ガン
Kun
   かお face
Variants
颜 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  彦 boy  頁 page  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 顔 is used 5 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 顔 is used 218 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ガン : 46 words FIND ALL
が ん め ん 0
face (of person)
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かお : 100 words FIND ALL
か お 0
noun
1. face; visage
2. look; expression; countenance
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かお (read as がお) : 72 words FIND ALL
え が お 1
smiling face; smile
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An additional 9 less common words include 顔 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 103 (originally: 93)  Joy o' Kanji : 93  Key to Kanji: 150 

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顔
ガン   かお face   
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彦
ひこ boy (archaic)   
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产
standing on the cliff
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
厂
cliff
彡
fur, bristles, beard   
頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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