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颜
顏
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)

伯颜
Bàyán
Bayan (name)
厚颜
hòuyán
shameless
容颜
róngyán
mien
慈颜
cíyán
one's mother's loving face
汗颜
hànyán
to blush with shame (literary)
破颜
pòyán
break into a smile
红颜
hóngyán
a beautiful woman
素颜
sùyán
a face without makeup
开颜
kāiyán
to smile
面颜
miànyán
face
颜厚
yánhòu
brazen
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
颜体
yántǐ
Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
养颜
yǎngyán
to nourish one's skin
纯素颜
chúnsùyán
see [[素顏|素颜<sùyán>]]

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