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颜色

Traditional: 顏色

yán sè

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yán sè · ngaan4 sik1 (Jyutping)

  1. color
  2. countenance
  3. appearance
  4. facial expression
  5. pigment
  6. dyestuff

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

颜

Meaning
face, facial appearance
Radical
页
Strokes
15
Components
⿰彦页
Cangjie
YHMBO
Four-corner
0128

色

Meaning
color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
Radical
色
Strokes
6
Components
⿱⺈巴
Cangjie
NAU
Four-corner
2771.7

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