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颜
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Yán
1. surname Yan
Very Common • Top 3% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

颜
yán
face, facial appearance
HSK 2 15 丶

Compound Words (20)

汗颜
hànyán
to blush with shame (literary)
素颜
sùyán
a face without makeup
养颜
yǎngyán
to nourish one's skin
伯颜
Bàyán
Bayan (name)
红颜
hóngyán
a beautiful woman
慈颜
cíyán
one's mother's loving face
厚颜
hòuyán
shameless
开颜
kāiyán
to smile
面颜
miànyán
face
颜厚
yánhòu
brazen
颜体
yántǐ
Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
颜回
YánHuí
Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan [[顏淵|颜渊<YánYuān>]]
颜射
yánshè
to ejaculate onto sb's face
颜料
yánliào
paint
颜渊
YánYuān
Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius [[孔夫子<Kǒngfūzǐ>]], also known as [[顏回|颜回<YánHuí>]]
颜色
yánsè
color
HSK 2
颜面
yánmiàn
face
破颜
pòyán
break into a smile
容颜
róngyán
mien
开心颜
kāixīnyán
to rejoice

Alternate Entries

颜
yán
color / face / countenance
颜
yán
Japanese variant of [[顏|颜<yán>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,544
Word Frequency Rank
2,311 of 84,292