顔

顔	Meanings: face On Readings: ガン gan Kun Readings: かお kao Most Used Pronunciation: kao JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 頁 Stroke Number: 18

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Common jukugo
笑顔 - え　がお e gao - smiling face
汗顔 - かん　がん - Ashamed

Useful Examples
Japanese: 彼は青い顔になった。
Romaji: kare wa aoi kao ni natta.
English: His face turned blue. (in surprise or fear)

Japanese: タオルで顔をふきなさい。
Romaji: taoru de kao o fukinasai.
English: Dry your face with a towel.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Your FACE is round like a shell (貝)

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.