脸
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face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #487 U+8138
How 脸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 佥 (phonetic, qiān)
components: ⺼ 佥
How to remember it
face · Heisig RSH #1436
part of the body + hootenanny
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 佥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 佥 (qiān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佥 sound component | qiān | all, together, unanimous |
| 险 | xiǎn | narrow pass, strategic point |
| 检 | jiǎn | to check, to examine, to inspect |
| 验 | yàn | to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify |
| 剑 | jiàn | sword, dagger, saber |
| 签 | qiān | to sign, to endorse; a note, a slip of paper |
| 俭 | jiǎn | temperate, frugal, economical |
| 敛 | liǎn | to collect, to extort |
| 睑 | jiǎn | eyelid |
| 捡 | jiǎn | to pick up, to gather, to collect |
| 殓 | liàn | to dress a corpse for burial |
| 硷 | jiǎn | alkaline, alkali, lye, salt |
| 莶 | xiān | vine |
| 猃 | xiǎn | long-snouted dog |
| 裣 | liǎn | draw one's hands into sleeve |
Words containing 脸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小白脸儿 | xiǎo bái liǎn r | erhua variant of 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3] |
| 有头有脸 | yǒu tóu yǒu liǎn | (idiom) (of a person) to be highly respected; to enjoy prestige |
| 头脸儿 | tóu liǎn r | erhua variant of 頭臉|头脸[tou2 lian3] |
| 小白脸 | xiǎo bái liǎn | attractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo |
| 拉长脸 | lā cháng liǎn | to pull a long face; to scowl |
| 拉下脸 | lā xià liǎn | to look displeased; to not be afraid of hurting sb's feelings; to put aside one's pride |
| 脸巴子 | liǎn bā zi | cheek |
| 反脸无情 | fǎn liǎn wú qíng | to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend |
| 国字脸 | guó zì liǎn | square face |
| 满脸生花 | mǎn liǎn shēng huā | all smiles; beaming from ear to ear |
| 脸大 | liǎn dà | bold; unafraid |
| 头脸 | tóu liǎn | head and face |
| 银脸长尾山雀 | yín liǎn cháng wěi shān què | (bird species of China) sooty bushtit (Aegithalos fuliginosus) |
| 白脸 | bái liǎn | white face; face painting in Beijing opera etc |
| 有脸 | yǒu liǎn | lit. having face; to have prestige; to command respect; to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth… |
| 上脸 | shàng liǎn | to turn red in the face (while drinking); to become smug (when complimented) |
| 脸面 | liǎn miàn | face |
| 长脸 | zhǎng liǎn | (coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud |
| 脸基尼 | liǎn jī ní | facekini |
| 开脸 | kāi liǎn | (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old); to carve a face |