脸
liǎn · HSK 2
face
😀 脸 = 月 (flesh radical) + 佥 (phonetic, 'qiān/liǎn')
The 月 radical on the left marks body parts (flesh/meat). The right side 佥 supplies the sound, originally meaning 'all together'. So 脸 is the fleshy part where everyone reads you — your face.
脸 — flesh radical 月 (肉) + 僉 qiān (phonetic)
脸 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 月 is the 'flesh/body' radical (from 肉), signaling a body part. The right side 僉 supplies the sound. Originally 臉 meant the cheeks or area below the eyes; over time it broadened to mean the whole face. 脸 is the simplified form.