顏 (yán)
color/face/countenance
How 顏 is written
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 文 — script/literature
- Traditional
- 顏
- Simplified
- 颜
Components
- 文 script/literature
- 厂 cliff
- 彡 bristle/beard
- 頁 leaf
Common words using 顏
- 顏色 yánsè
- color; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 五顏六色 wǔyánliùsè
- multi-colored; every color under the sun
- 容顏 róngyán
- mien; complexion
- 汗顏 hànyán
- to blush with shame (literary)
- 紅顏 hóngyán
- a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths
- 素顏 sùyán
- a face without makeup
- 顏料 yánliào
- paint; dye; pigment
- 顏面 yánmiàn
- face; prestige
- 厚顏 hòuyán
- shameless
- 厚顏無恥 hòuyánwúchǐ
- shameless
- 和顏悅色 héyányuèsè
- amiable manner; pleasant countenance
- 喜笑顏開 xǐxiàoyánkāi
- face covered in smiles (idiom); beaming with happiness
顏 in a sentence
你喜歡什麼顏色？
Nǐ xǐhuān shénme yánsè?
“What color do you like?”
How common is 顏?
顏 is the 1,543rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.9% of all running text.
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