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顏
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颜
🇨🇳

countenance

HSK 10
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yán
ガン
かお
안
Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (顏)
彥 erudite+ 頁 page =
顏 countenance
彥 Phonetic component
erudite
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頁 Meaning component
page
Depicts a head.
Simplified (颜)
彦 elegant+ 页 page =
颜 face
彦 Phonetic component
yàn elegant
elegant, handsome
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页 Meaning component
yè page
page, sheet, leaf
Depicts a head.
Notes
Similar Characters
產 products (trad)夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)煩 vexed (trad/jp)頃 100 Chinese acres (trad/jp)須 have to (trad/jp)頪 bright white頭 head (trad/jp)頻 repeatedly (trad/jp)碩 big (trad)頂 crest (trad/jp)項 item (trad/jp)順 obey (trad/jp)頌 extol (trad)頏 fly down or downward (trad)預 beforehand (trad/jp)頑 stubborn (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
颜
Regular
Modern
Chinese
颜 / 顏 [Yán]
surname Yan
颜 / 顏 [yán]
color; face; countenance
Japanese
顔 、 貌 、 顏 (old) かお 、 がん (old) 同音

noun

  1. face; visage
  2. look; expression; countenance
  3. honor; honour; face
  4. influence; notoriety
顔 、 容 かんばせ 同音

noun

  1. archaic countenance; visage
  2. face; honor (honour); dignity
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
ヘレンはみんなにほめられて顔を赤くした。
Helen blushed at their praise.
露骨に嫌な顔をして、彼を睨みつけた。
I glared at him with a blatant look of disapproval on my face.
Japanese Names
顏 がん
Gan surname
CHINESE WORDS (49)
颜色 [yán​sè] #1,603
color
颜料 [yán​liào] #10,507
paint
颜面 [yán​miàn] #14,876
face
容颜 [róng​yán] #24,379
mien
红颜 [hóng​yán] #21,877
a beautiful woman
五颜六色 [wǔ​yán​liù​sè] #33,059
multi-colored
汗颜 [hàn​yán] #35,366
to blush with shame (literary)
喜笑颜开 [xǐ​xiào​yán​kāi] #42,223
grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
笑逐颜开 [xiào​zhú​yán​kāi] #56,992
smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
强颜欢笑 [qiǎng​yán​huān​xiào] #35,759
to pretend to look happy
39 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
⭐ 形 [かたち] #363
form