劈脸
pī​liǎn

in the face

劈 pī cut apart

Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

刀
刀 Meaning component
dāo knife
辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰeːɡ
Unicodepek

說文解字

破也。从刀辟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

脸 liǎn face Simplified

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

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

臉 liǎn face Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·reːmʔ
skʰlam
kramʔ
Unicodelæ̌m

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang