Chinese surname · rank 128

顔

顔 is read as yán.

Pinyin

yán

Script forms

Simplified 颜 · Traditional 顏

Basic meaning

face; complexion; traditional form of 颜

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Traditional written form of 颜; Spring and Autumn Lu lineage layer; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Lu state, today's Shandong Province

Origin note

顔 is the traditional written form corresponding to simplified 颜. This page keeps it as an associated but distinct written form, linked to the Yan/Lu lineage layer.

Historical figures

颜回 (Yan Hui)

521-481 BCE · disciple of Confucius

Used here as the simplified/traditional Yan written-form reference.

颜真卿 (Yan Zhenqing)

709-785 CE · Tang calligrapher