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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 颜色

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
颜色 yán sè - color
- countenance
- appearance
- facial expression
- pigment
- dyestuff

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
2 2 1,603 2,160 1,253

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
颜 yán- surname Yan
颜 yán- color
- face
- countenance
颜 yán- Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]
色 sè- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
色 shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]

Other Words Containing 颜色

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
颜色 2 2 1,603 2,160 1,253