yán

color

surname Yan; face; countenance; Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

talent/sound (彦) + head/face (页) = face and color

页 depicts the head and face, anchoring the meaning of countenance and appearance. 彦 contributes the sound yán and plays no semantic role here.

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Talented personPhonetic
HeadSemantic

她的色搭配得很好看。

tā de yán sè dā pèi de hěn hǎo kàn。

The colors she put together look very nice.

他厚着脸皮,真是厚无耻。

tā hòu zhe liǎn pí, zhēn shì hòu yán wú chǐ。

He has such thick skin — he is truly shameless.

Words with 颜

面颜

miàn yán

face

开心颜

kāi xīn yán

to rejoice

开颜

kāi yán

to smile

阿嘿颜

ā hēi yán

variant of 阿黑顏|阿黑颜[a1 hei1 yan2]

阿黑颜

ā hēi yán

(ACG) ahegao (loanword from Japanese アヘ顔)

颜值

yán zhí

attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)

颜值高

yán zhí gāo

good-looking

颜厚

yán hòu

brazen

颜厚有忸怩

yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní

even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)

颜回

yán huí

Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]

颜射

yán shè

to ejaculate onto sb's face

颜控

yán kòng

someone who attaches great importance to good looks (esp. in others)

More characters with 彦