伯颜 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

bó, bo older brother, uncle

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

白 Sound component

bái, bai white

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	paek	pˤrak	father’s elder brother

說文解字

《說文》：“伯，長也。从人，白聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yán face Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 彦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顏.

Components

彦 Sound component

yàn, pán elegant

页 Meaning component

yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

yán face Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound.

Components

彥 Sound component

elegant

頁 Meaning component

yè (head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngaen	C.ŋˤrar	face, forehead
	ngaen	C.ŋˤrar	surname

說文解字

《說文》：“顏，眉目之閒也。从頁，彥聲。，籀文。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

伯 bó, bo older brother, uncle

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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颜 yán face Simplified

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顏 yán face Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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bó, bo older brother, uncle

yán face Simplified

yán face Traditional