Hanja Analyzer
顏

顏 — an

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
얼굴 안, 색채 안
Romanization
an
English
face, facial appearance
Mandarin
yán
Japanese on'yomi
ガン, ゲン, ガイ, ゲ
Japanese kun'yomi
かお
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
18
Variant forms
顔
Radical
頁 (181, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
彥(언)
Unicode
U+984F

Parts that make up 顏

  • 彦 선비 언 무늬를 새긴 이마와 터럭선비. ‘언’ 계열의 소리
  • 頁 머리 혈 몸 위에 얹힌 머리머리와 얼굴, 머리로 하는 일

How 顏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 顏 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 彥, 頁.

Characters sharing the phonetic 彥

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “언” in Korean.

Other hanja read “안”

Other hanja with radical 頁

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