漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
彩: coloring, paint
Also: makeup
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
彡 carries the meaning · 采 gives the sound
11 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 色彩しきさいcolour; color; hue
- 多彩たさいcolourful; colorful; multicoloured
- 油彩ゆさいoil painting
- 精彩せいさいbrilliance; luster; lustre
- 彩色さいしきcolouring; coloring; colouration
- 水彩画すいさいがwatercolor painting; watercolour painting
いろどるirodoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 彩るいろどるto colour; to color; to paint
- 彩りいろどりcoloring; colouring; coloration
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)采 (sound) + 彡 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 彩 (rev. 92161149), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hand + plant + three rays (彡). The act of using one's "hand" to apply vibrant "colors" (represented by the light rays) to a surface or object.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side彩 coloring · 彡
vs採 pick · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cǎi
Same form: 彩 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 彩 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 彩 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cǎi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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