Character data
Character data
| HSK | 2 |
| Frequency | 1545th character |
| Radical | ⾴ (181.9) |
| Strokes | 15 |
| Index # | 3285 |
| TRADITIONAL | 顏 |
Definitions
| 颜 yán |
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Stroke order
Words containing 颜
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white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
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to break into a smile; (of flowers) to open
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close female friend; confidante
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femme fatale
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beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
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see 素颜sù yán
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(I'll) teach you a lesson; put you in your place
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close male friend; confidant
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to rejoice; smiling
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to smile; to beam
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face
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attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)
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good-looking
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brazen
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even bold people feel shy sometimes
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Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 颜渊yán yuān
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to ejaculate onto sb's face
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person who really values good looks
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Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶)
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Yan Yuan, Confucius’ favorite student
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Yan Zhenqing, famous Tang calligrapher
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lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
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Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
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to maintain a youthful appearance
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