脸 liǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 佥 all, together, unanimous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脸色
liǎnsè
complexion
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 你脸色不好。 Nǐ liǎnsè bù hǎo. You do not look well.
- 他脸色很白。 Tā liǎnsè hěn bái. His face is very pale.
- 脸色好多了。 Liǎnsè hǎo duō le. Your complexion is much better.