Read Edit View history Discussion 顔 yán face Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 說文解字 眉目之閒也。从頁彥聲。 Sources Readings & variants Unicode Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字) 颜 yán face Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 彦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顏. Components 彦 彦 Sound component yàn, pán elegant 页 页 Meaning component yè page Depicts a head. Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode