U+9854 "顔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

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