# 顔 — Face

Frequency rank 172 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 神 (God), less common than 集 (Collect).

- On’yomi: がん
- Kun’yomi: かお
- Radical: 頁 Leaf (Kangxi 181)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The drunk locks his knees on the coffin lid and will not sit, so the torn ledger page sails down the stairwell and pastes itself flat over his head, a geoduck's grey neck flopping out of the mouth hole.

In words:

- 顔付き かおつき — (outward) looks;features;face;countenance;expression
- 笑顔 えがお — smiling face

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