U+81C9 "臉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
臉
U+81C9 "臉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of "face" in both a physical and social sense. Physically, it denotes the front part of the head, encompassing the cheeks and visage, and it is commonly used in words like "臉頰" (cheek) or "洗臉" (to wash one's face). Socially and metaphorically, it carries the important cultural meaning of "face" as a representation of dignity, reputation, or social standing, which is central to concepts like "面子" (miànzi, social face) and "丟臉" (losing face). This character is composed of the radical for flesh or body on the left and a phonetic component on the right, and it is widely used in both traditional Chinese and Japanese writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+81C9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 臉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 臉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x87 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x81C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000081C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u81c9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C179 |
| kCCCII | 21537A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7525 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7525 |
| kCangjie | BOMO |
| kCantonese | lim5 |
| kCihaiT | 1105.205 |
| kCowles | 2347 2348 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1447.190 |
| kDefinition | face; cheek; reputation |
| kEACC | 21537A |
| kFanqie | 七廉 力減 |
| kFenn | 440A |
| kFennIndex | 308.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7828.6 |
| kGB1 | 3319 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kHanYu | 32117.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | liǎn(930) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32117.040:liǎn |
| kHKGlyph | 3351 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1447.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32117.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0996.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4133 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C179 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6740 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6BE7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-562E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7525 |
| kIRG_VSource | V3-372C |
| kJapanese | ケン レン ラン セン |
| kJapaneseKun | MABUTA |
| kJapaneseOn | REN SEN KEN |
| kJis0 | 7132 |
| kKangXi | 0996.170 |
| kLau | 1882 1883 |
| kMandarin | liǎn |
| kMatthews | 4002 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1566 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021259 |
| kMorohashi | 29954 |
| kPhonetic | 182 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6283+130.4.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 130.13 |
| kSBGY | 226.14 336.52 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "脸" U+8138 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 562.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | liǎn粵lim5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5245 |
| kTang | læ̌m |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXerox | 245:076 |
| kXHC1983 | 0704.101:liǎn |