| 179 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 103 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 93 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 527 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5139 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 481 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 277 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2754 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 277 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 277 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 573 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1893 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2277 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1608 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1733 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43591P | Morohashi |
| 1808 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6648 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1717 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1853 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 355 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 239 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
676 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 顔 【カオ】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
- 顔色 【カオイロ】 complexion, one's colour, one's color, countenance, expression, one's face
- 美顔 【ビガン】 beautiful face, facial care, facial treatment
- 童顔 【ドウガン】 child's face, childlike face, boyish face, baby face
Kun reading compounds
- 顔 【かお】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
- 顔合わせ 【かおあわせ】 meeting together, introduction, costarring, appearing together, being matched, facing off
- いい顔 【いいかお】 big-shot, influential person, happy face, smiling face, sympathetic attitude, getting along with, being all smiles, good looks, nice face
- 涼しい顔 【すずしいかお】 nonchalant air, unruffled air
Readings
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- cara
- faz
- semblante
- rostro
- expresión
Portuguese
- rosto
- expressão
French
- visage
- expression
| 461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a9.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-9 | SKIP code |
| 0128.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9854 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
573 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke
- 黒衣 【コクイ】 black clothes
- 大黒 【ダイコク】 god of wealth, monk's wife
- 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
Kun reading compounds
- 黒 【くろ】 black, black stone, guilt, guilty person
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒ずむ 【くろずむ】 to blacken, to darken
- 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
- 黒色 【くろいろ】 black (colour, color)
Readings
- Korean:
- heug
Spanish
- negro
- maldad
Portuguese
- preto
French
- noir
| 80 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 137 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 124 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 317 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5403 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 286 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 284 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1486 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 206 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 45 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1940 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3406 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1754 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 176 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 48040 | Morohashi |
| 2740 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 7052 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 174 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 204 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3640 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 6033.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9ed2 | Unicode hex code |