IDENTITY
颜yáncolor; face
HSK 3Top 600
CORE MEANING
color; face
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.colorHSK3
- 2.face; countenanceHSK6
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 页head radical (yè)
- strokes
- 15
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰彦页
- gives the sound yán
- head; face
USAGE
Common words
颜色yánsècolor
颜料yánliàopigment
五颜六色wǔyánliùsècolorful
Graded examples
这件衣服颜色很好看。Zhè jiàn yīfu yánsè hěn hǎokàn.HSK3
The color of this clothing looks great.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 彦
LEARNING
Memory aid
The elegant (彦) face (页) — countenance, complexion. (From 顏.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #600
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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