U+989C "颜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
颜
U+989C "颜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (simplified form) that primarily means "face," "countenance," or "color," and it is also used in compounds such as "颜色" meaning "color" or "颜面" meaning "face" or "prestige." It commonly appears in names and everyday vocabulary, and it originates from Classic Chinese etymological roots related to facial appearance, often paired with the concept of honor or social standing. In Unicode, this character is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, allowing it to be used across digital platforms for writing modern Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and sometimes Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+989C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 颜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 颜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA2 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x989C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000989C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u989c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27604E |
| kCangjie | YHMBO |
| kCantonese | ngaan4 |
| kDefinition | face, facial appearance |
| kEACC | 27604E |
| kFourCornerCode | 0128 |
| kGB0 | 4953 |
| kHanYu | 74383.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yán(132) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74383.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1410.451 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5155 |
| kTGH | 2013:3285 |
| kKangXi | 1410.451 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7346 |
| kMandarin | yán |
| kRSUnicode | 181'.9 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 422.160:yán |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "顏" U+984F CJK Unified Ideograph-# "顔" U+9854 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1324.030:yán |