Chinese Character 顏 Meanings and components.

Form

顏

Meaning

顏 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 顏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are accomplished (彥) , and head (頁)

Its radical[1] is: 頁 (ye4) which means: Head, .頁ye4head

In cangjie it is written with YHMBC

How to write 顏

To write顏yan2surname Yan you should write a combination of 彥yan4accomplished , 頁ye4head arranged in a 吅 shape:

彥 + 頁 = 顏

顏 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 顏 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 顏, looks as follow:

顏
Pinyin:yan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Yan
彥
Pinyin:yan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Accomplished . Elegant
产
Pinyin:chan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Give Birth . To Reproduce . To Produce . Product . Resource . Estate . Property
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
彡
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: 'Bristle' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 59)
頁
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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