CHINESE CHARACTER

颜 (yán): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

yán

face, facial appearance

HSK 215 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

页

Primary radical

页 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 颜.

彦

Phonetic component

彦 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 15

Write 颜 in 15 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 颜

颜色yánsè

HSK 2 · color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff

五颜六色wǔyán-liùsè

HSK 5 · multicolored; every color under the sun

容颜róngyán

HSK 7-9 · mien; complexion

Examples using 颜

颜色

钡是什么颜色的？

Bèi shì shén me yán sè de？

What color is barium?

FAQ

What does 颜 (yán) mean in Chinese?

face, facial appearance

How do you write 颜 in stroke order?

颜 has 15 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 颜?

页 is the radical in 颜. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 颜?

颜色 (yánsè): color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff; 五颜六色 (wǔyán-liùsè): multicolored; every color under the sun; 容颜 (róngyán): mien; complexion.