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彩

彩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 色をとりあわせる。
  2. 姿。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「彡」+音符「采」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

coloring, paint, makeup

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイJHS
Kun (native)
  • いろど(る)HS
Nanori (used in names)
  • あや
  • さ
  • さえ
  • つや
Other languages
  • 拼音cai3
  • 한글chae
  • Hán-ViệtThải
  • Hán-ViệtThái

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
彳(ぎょうにんべん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5F69

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰采彡

Words using this kanji

  • 彩るいろどる「いろどる」の漢字表記。to colour, to color, to paint, to apply make-up
  • 彩りいろどり「いろどり」の漢字表記。coloring, colouring, coloration, colouration
  • 彩色さいしき色を付けること。colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration
  • 彩度さいど色の鮮やかさの度合い。色の純度。chroma, chroma saturation, color saturation (colour)
  • 彩雲さいうん太陽の近くの雲の縁が緑色に縁どられる現象。iridescent clouds, glowing clouds
  • 彩層さいそうchromosphere
  • 彩管さいかんartist's brush
  • 彩画さいがcolored picture, coloured picture, painting
  • 彩飾さいしょくillumination (e.g. of a manuscript)
  • 彩球さいきゅうchromosphere
  • 彩光さいこうcoloured light
  • 彩色画さいしきが彩色した絵画。colour picture (color), color painting
  • 彩なすあやなすto decorate with many bright colours (colors), to create a beautiful variegated pattern, to manipulate skillfully
  • 彩色くさいしくto colour, to color, to paint
  • 彩飾写本さいしょくしゃほんilluminated manuscript

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(64 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-3
Four Corner
2292.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3j8.1
Heisig
1850
Nelson
1590