顏

See also: 颜 and 顔
顏 U+984F, 顏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-984F
← 顎
[U+984E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 顐 →
[U+9850]

Translingual

Traditional 顏
Shinjitai 顔
Simplified 颜

Han character

顏 (radical 181, 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input X卜竹一月 (XYHMB) or 卜竹一月金 (YHMBC), four-corner 01286, composition ⿰彥頁)

References

  • KangXi: page 1407, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43591
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4383, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+984F

Chinese

trad. 顏/顔
simp. 颜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (彦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
喭 *ŋaːns, *ŋrans
鏟 *sŋ̊ʰreːnʔ, *sŋ̊ʰraːns
産 *sŋreːnʔ
簅 *sreːnʔ
摌 *sreːnʔ
嵼 *sŋreːnʔ
滻 *sŋreːnʔ
顏 *ŋraːn
楌 *ŋraːn
偐 *ŋraːns
齴 *ŋranʔ
遃 *ŋranʔ
嵃 *ŋranʔ
彦 *ŋrans
諺 *ŋrans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋraːn) : phonetic 彥 (OC *ŋrans) + semantic 頁.

Bronze inscription forms: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋraːn) : phonetic 产 + semantic 面.

Etymology

Various possibilities exist:

  • Related to 額 (OC *ŋɡraːɡ, “forehead”) (Wang, 1982);
  • From 迓 (OC *ŋraːs, “to receive; to welcome”) + nominalising suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2007);
  • Related to Tibetan ངར (ngar, “front side”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Xiamen:
    • gân - literary;
    • hiâⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 顏
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 刪 (69)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 五姦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋˠan/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋaɨn/
Li
Rong		 /ŋan/
Wang
Li		 /ŋan/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yán
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 顏 顏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yán yán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngæn › ‹ ngæn ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.ŋˤrar/ /*C.ŋˤrar/
English face, forehead surname

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 顏
Reading # 1/1
No. 14405
Phonetic
component		 彦
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 顏
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋraːn/

Definitions

顏

  1. † (anatomy) forehead, especially the glabellar area
  2. (anatomy) face
  3. countenance; facial expression
    顏面 / 颜面  ―  yánmiàn  ―  face, prestige
    容顏 / 容颜  ―  róngyán  ―  countenance; looks
  4. color; hue
    顏色 / 颜色  ―  yánsè  ―  color
  5. prestige; dignity
    厚顏 / 厚颜  ―  hòuyán  ―  brazen; shameless
  6. A surname​.

Synonyms

  • (face):
Dialectal synonyms of 臉 (“face”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 面、顏
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 臉
Mandarin Beijing 臉
Taiwan 臉
Tianjin 臉
Harbin 臉
Hailar 臉蛋子
Ulan Hot 臉蛋子
Tongliao 臉蛋子
Chifeng 臉
Bayanhot 臉
Jinan 臉
Muping 臉
Luoyang 臉
Jiedian 臉
Xi'an 臉
Xining 臉
Xuzhou 臉、臉兒、臉膛子
Yinchuan 臉
Lanzhou 臉
Ürümqi 臉
Wuhan 臉
Chengdu 臉
Guiyang 臉
Guilin 臉
Liuzhou 臉
Yangzhou 臉
Nanjing 臉
Hefei 臉
Cantonese Guangzhou 面
Hong Kong 面
Dongguan 面
Hong Kong (Weitou) 面
Taishan 面
Yangjiang 面
Nanning 面
Wuzhou 面
Yulin 面
Hepu 面
Kuala Lumpur 面
Gan Nanchang 臉
Lichuan 面
Pingxiang 面
Hakka Meixian 面
Xingning 面
Huidong 面
Qujiang 面
Xiaosanjiang 面
Luchuan 面
Changting 面
Pingyu 面
Wuping 面
Liancheng 面
Ninghua 面
Yudu 面盤
Ruijin 面
Shicheng 面
Shangyou 面
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 面
Liudui (S. Sixian) 面
Hsinchu (Hailu) 面
Dongshi (Dabu) 面
Zhuolan (Raoping) 面
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 面
Hong Kong 面
Sabah 面、面鉢
Senai 面鉢
Singkawang 面
Huizhou Jixi 面
Jin Taiyuan 臉
Xinzhou 臉
Baochang 臉
Jining 臉
Hohhot 臉
Baotou 臉
Dongsheng 眉眼
Linhe 臉
Haibowan 面
Min Bei Jian'ou 面
Min Dong Fuzhou 面
Fuqing 面、面䫌
Matsu 面
Min Nan Xiamen 面
Quanzhou 面
Zhangzhou 面
Taipei 面
Kaohsiung 面
Tainan 面
Taichung 面
Hsinchu 面
Lukang 面
Sanxia 面
Yilan 面
Kinmen 面
Magong 面
Penang 面
Singapore 面
Philippines (Manila) 面
Pingnan 面
Chaozhou 面
Johor Bahru 面
Haikou 面
Leizhou 面
Puxian Min Putian 面
Pinghua Nanning 面
Guilin 面
Wu Shanghai 面孔、面顴
Suzhou 面孔
Hangzhou 臉、臉孔
Wenzhou 面股、面
Chongming 面孔
Danyang 面孔
Jinhua 面、面孔
Ningbo 面孔
Xiang Changsha 臉
Shuangfeng 面
Loudi 面
Quanzhou 臉
  • (color): 色 (sè)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

顏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 顔 (face; expression)

Readings

Usage notes

For the character commonly used in modern Japan, see 顔 instead.

Korean

Hanja

顏 • (an) (hangeul 안, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

  1. face
  2. facial appearance

Vietnamese

Han character

顏 (nhan)

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