Dong Chinese dictionary

yán

face

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 彦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顏.

Components

彦 Sound component

yàn

elegant

页 Meaning component

yè, xié

page

Depicts a head.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yán

face, facial appearance; color; face; countenance

Yán

surname Yan

yán

Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yán]

Most common words with 颜

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