EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    face with no make-up; unpainted face

  2. true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; true picture; real nature

  3. sober face; sobriety

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elementary, principle, naked, uncovered

Kun
もと
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
660 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-4-6SKIP code
6a4.12The Kanji Dictionary
5090.3Four corner code
1441deroo
7d20Unicode hex code
1-33-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3511Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4456New Nelson (John Haig)
2458New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3108Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1532Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1652Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
717A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1707Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
797Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27300Morohashi
737A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
271Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
658sakade
1623Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
759henshall3
716Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
500crowley
636Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1506Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1546Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
su4Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

face, expression

Kun
かお
On
ガン
Strokes
18
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
676 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-9-9SKIP code
9a9.3The Kanji Dictionary
0128.6Four corner code
461deroo
9854Unicode hex code
1-20-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5139Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6648New Nelson (John Haig)
1808New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2277Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1177Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1608Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1717Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1853Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
527A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2754Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
481Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43591PMorohashi
93A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
277Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
277Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
179sakade
277Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
103henshall3
239Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355crowley
573Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1893Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1733Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
anKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level