Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

676 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: face, expression

Kunyomi: かお

Onyomi: ガン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおがい

Meaning: leaf

Strokes: 9

Examples

Examples with audio

する(せんがんする)   wash one's face

(どうがん)   baby-faced

無恥(こうがんむち)   brazen and unscrupulous

(かお)   (a person's) face

色(かおいろ)   complexion

(すがお)   face with no make-up

(えがお)   smile, smiling face

Onyomi Examples

カオ face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety

カオイロ complexion, one's colour, one's color, countenance, expression, one's face

ビガン beautiful face

ドウガン child's face, childlike face, boyish face, baby face

Kunyomi Examples

かお face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety

合わせ かおあわせ meeting together, introduction, costarring, appearing together, being matched, facing off

いい いいかお big-shot, influential person, happy face, smiling face, sympathetic attitude, getting along with, being all smiles

涼しい すずしいかお nonchalant air, unruffled air