IDENTITY
脸liǎnface
HSK 1Top 400
CORE MEANING
face
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.faceHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 月flesh radical (ròu)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰月佥
- flesh; body
- gives the sound liǎn (historical)
USAGE
Common words
洗脸xǐliǎnto wash the face
脸色liǎnsècomplexion
Graded examples
孩子的脸上有笑容。Háizi de liǎn shang yǒu xiàoróng.HSK3
There is a smile on the child’s face.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The flesh (月) that shows your whole mood — the face.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #400
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
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