EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    profile; face in profile; face seen from the side

    その肖像画は美人の横顔を描いている。
    The portrait shows the profile of a beautiful woman.
  2. (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse

Kun
よこ
On
オウ
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
480 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-11SKIP code
4a11.13The Kanji Dictionary
4498.6Four corner code
1861deroo
6a2aUnicode hex code
1-18-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2361Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2854New Nelson (John Haig)
1066New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
733Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
979Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1751Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1888Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
297A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2301Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
470Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15484PMorohashi
235A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
781Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
795Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
355sakade
644Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
255henshall3
432Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
34Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1111Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1767Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
heng2, heng4Pinyin reading
hoengKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani 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