yán

face

說文解字

眉目之閒也。从頁彥聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yán face Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Sound component
yàn, pán elegant
Meaning component
page

Depicts a head.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode