艳

豔
yàn
#2,100 most
frequent character
bright, fresh and attractive

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

艳 yàn joins 丰, a flourishing plant, with 色, a person's face or look. Bright plant color gives the first meaning, 'pretty and brightly colored'. From there it grew to 'beautiful, gorgeous'.

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