liǎn

face

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

佥 sound component

  Sound component

qiān

  

together

Evolution

脸 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
脸 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

liǎn

face; cheek; reputation; CL:|[zhāng],|[gè]

Most common words with 脸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

face

脸色

look

丢脸

to lose face

脸部

face

笑脸

smiling face