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颜 - yán

face, facial appearance

face, facial appearance

How to read 颜

Click 颜 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinyán
Englishface, facial appearance
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

颜值 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 颜厚. Please read 颜回 one more time.

Common words with this character

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brazen
Yan Hui , disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]
to ejaculate onto sb's face

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 颜 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 颜值 and 颜厚 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 颜.