颜
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color; face; countenance
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Dict coverage rank #1,351 U+989C
How 颜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
页 (semantic, “head”) + 彦 (phonetic, yàn)
How to remember it
countenance · Heisig RSH #1314
彦 erudite + head
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 颜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 | shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù | lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb); fig. be diligent in your… |
| 无颜见江东父老 | wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo | (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally r… |
| 美颜相机 | Měi yán Xiàng jī | BeautyCam, a smartphone app for retouching selfies (abbr. to 美顏|美颜[Mei3 yan2]) |
| 开心颜 | kāi xīn yán | to rejoice; smiling |
| 颜文字 | yán wén zì | Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶) |
| 阿黑颜 | ā hēi yán | (ACG) ahegao (loanword from Japanese アヘ顔) |
| 容颜失色 | róng yán shī sè | (of complexion) to lose one's color; to blanch; to look wan |
| 五颜六色 | wǔ yán liù sè | multicolored; every color under the sun |
| 喜笑颜开 | xǐ xiào yán kāi | grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness |
| 红颜薄命 | hóng yán bó mìng | beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) |
| 颜面扫地 | yán miàn sǎo dì | lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) |
| 红颜知己 | hóng yán zhī jǐ | close female friend; confidante |
| 颜值高 | yán zhí gāo | good-looking |
| 颜体 | yán tǐ | Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy) |
| 面颜 | miàn yán | face |
| 颜面 | yán miàn | face; prestige |
| 开颜 | kāi yán | to smile; to beam |
| 红颜祸水 | hóng yán huò shuǐ | femme fatale |
| 红颜 | hóng yán | a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks |
| 颜色 | yán sè | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff |