yán

face; countenance; color

Character data

Radical ⾴ (181.9)
Strokes 18
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

顏 yán
  1. 1. face
  2. 2. countenance
  3. 3. color
  4. 4. surname Yan
  5. 5. Japanese variant of yán

Words containing 顏

Word Meaning
multi-colored; every color under the sun
Bayan (name)
shameless
shameless
a variety of colors; multicolored
amiable manner; pleasant countenance
beaming with happiness; grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
complexion; mien
(of complexion) to lose one's color; to blanch; wan
Bayankala Mountains in Qinghai, China
to force oneself to smile; to pretend to look happy
happy countenance
one's mother's loving face
study hard and you will gain wealth and honor
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
to blush with shame (literary)
too ashamed to face hometown elders
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
to break into a smile; (of flowers) to open
all smiles
a beautiful woman; young beauties; rosy cheeks
close female friend; confidante
femme fatale
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
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