U+9854 "顔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
顔
U+9854 "顔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (known as a Hanzi in Chinese and Kanji in Japanese) that primarily means "face" or "countenance." It is composed of radical components associated with the head or page and the element for "cliff" or "steep," though its modern form visually emphasizes the left side relating to complexion or color. This character is widely used in East Asian languages, appearing in common words such as the Japanese "kao" (face) and the Chinese "yán" (color, complexion, or prestige), and it also functions as a key component in compounds related to appearance, expression, and social standing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9854 |
| 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 | 顔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 顔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA1 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9854 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009854 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9854 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-5956 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5956 |
| kCangjie | YHMBC |
| kCantonese | ngaan4 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1925.010 |
| kDefinition | face, facial appearance |
| kEACC | 21604E |
| kFenn | 284B |
| kFennIndex | 623.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0128.6 |
| kGB1 | 4953 |
| kHangul | 안:0E |
| kHanYu | 74383.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74383.090:yán,yá |
| kIICore | AJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1925.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74383.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1407.171 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5155 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3469 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F7C6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6454 |
| kIRG_MSource | MD-9854 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5956 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6B7D |
| kJapanese | ガン かお |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAO |
| kJapaneseOn | GAN GEN |
| kJis0 | 2073 |
| kKangXi | 1407.171 |
| kKarlgren | 240 |
| kKorean | AN |
| kMandarin | yán |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028251 |
| kMorohashi | 43591' |
| kNelson | 5139 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1573+181.9.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 181.9 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "颜" U+989C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | JKP |
| kVietnamese | nhan |