颜 Stroke Order — How to Write 颜
颜 is written in 15 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 页, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
颜 Radical and Character Components
颜 is a phono-semantic compound: 页 (head) carries the meaning, while 彦 indicates the sound.
Radical: 页 + 9 more strokes
颜 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- yán
Meanings of 颜 in Chinese
yán颜
Common Words and Phrases with 颜
More words with 颜
- hàn汗yán颜feel ashamed, feel inadequate
- cí慈yán颜Kind face, Benevolent countenance
- tuó酡yán颜Rosy cheeks (from wine), Flushed face
- róng容yán颜Appearance, Countenance
- kāi开yán颜beam, smile brightly
- sù素yán颜no makeup, bare face
- yán颜zì字Yan character, Yan's calligraphy
- gè各zhǒng种yán颜sè色various colors, all sorts of colors
- yán颜sè色dā搭pèi配Color scheme, Color combination
- jiě解yán颜smile, cheer up
- pò破yán颜smile, break into a smile
- yán颜sè色biàn变huà化Color change, Color variation
- yóu油huà画yán颜liào料oil paint, oil paints
- zhǎn展yán颜smile, beam
- róng容yán颜qiáo憔cuì悴Haggard, Worn out
- yán颜lǎo老shī师Teacher Yan, Professor Yan
- yán颜sè色láo牢dù度colorfastness
- yán颜sè色shí时shàng尚Color fashion, Fashionable colors
- bù不tóng同yán颜sè色different colors
- kǎi闿yán颜yí一xiào笑smile brightly, beam
Idioms with 颜
- yán颜miàn面sǎo扫dì地utterly disgraced
- bái白fà发cāng苍yán颜white-haired and aged
- bái白fà发hóng红yán颜white hair, ruddy complexion
- chá察yán颜guān观sè色read people's faces
- fàn犯yán颜jí极jiàn谏offer bold advice to a superior
- fàn犯yán颜jìn进jiàn谏offer blunt advice to a superior
- fàn犯yán颜kǔ苦jiàn谏courageously remonstrate with a superior
- hé和yán颜yuè悦sè色with a kind and gentle look
- hè鹤fà发tóng童yán颜elderly with youthful looks
- hóng红yán颜bái白fà发ruddy complexion, white hair
- hóng红yán颜bó薄mìng命beautiful women are often ill-fated
- hòu厚yán颜wú无chǐ耻utterly shameless
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Open the tool →Questions about 颜
What does 颜 mean in Chinese?
颜 (yán) means “Face, countenance” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 颜?
颜 is pronounced yán in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 颜 have?
颜 has 15 strokes.
How do you write 颜?
颜 is written in 15 strokes, starting from the radical 页. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 颜?
The radical of 颜 is 页, and 颜 is a phono-semantic compound.