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颜 yán colour

colour; face

How to remember 颜: 彦 a good man + 页 page = colour. When a good man finds his secret love poem on the front page of the school paper, his colour turns bright red.

  • 1,545. most frequent character
  • HSK 2
  • 15 strokes
  • Radical 頁

Component breakdown

颜 = 彦 a good man + 页 page

  • 彦 a good man
  • 页 page
The Gushi story

When a good man finds his secret love poem on the front page of the school paper, his colour turns bright red.

How it is used

  • Originally 'face/countenance' - 容颜 (róngyán) looks, 笑逐颜开 (xiàozhú-yánkāi) beam with smiles.
  • Everyday, it's the 颜 of 颜色 (yánsè, color) and 五颜六色 (wǔyán-liùsè) multicolored.
  • Modern slang 颜值 (yánzhí) 'face value' = attractiveness rating.

Words with 颜

Example sentences

  • 你喜欢什么颜色的气球？ Nǐ xǐhuan shénme yánsè de qìqiú?What color balloons do you like?
  • 不同的颜色一眼就能区别出来。 Bùtóng de yánsè yīyǎn jiù néng qūbié chūlái.You can differentiate between different colors with one glance.
  • 她总是对人和颜悦色。 Tā zǒngshì duì rén héyán-yuèsè.She is always cheerful and pleasant to people.