彩

See also 綵

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

彩 (radical 59 彡+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月木竹竹竹 (BDHHH), four-corner 2292₂)

1. hue, colour
2. variegated colours

References

• KangXi: page 363, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9992
• Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 855, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5F69

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Cantonese

Hanzi

彩 (Yale choi2)

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Japanese

Kanji

彩 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: さい (sai)
• Kun: いろどる (irodoru), いろどり (irodori), つや (tsuya), あ (a)
• Nanori: あや (aya)

Compounds

• 彩雲
• 彩管
• 彩色
• 彩度

Proper noun

彩 (hiragana あや, romaji Aya)

1. A female given name

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Korean

Hanja

彩 (hangeul 채, revised chae, McCune-Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

彩 (pinyin cǎi (cai3), Wade-Giles ts'ai³)

Compounds

• 彩扮
• 彩笔
• 彩唱
• 彩车
• 彩绸
• 彩带
• 彩旦
• 彩蛋
• 彩灯
• 彩电
• 彩雕
• 彩调
• 彩坊
• 彩凤随鸦
• 彩号, 彩号儿
• 彩虹
• 彩画
• 彩绘
• 彩轿
• 彩卷
• 彩口
• 彩扩
• 彩票
• 彩旗
• 彩气, 彩气儿
• 彩色
• 彩声
• 彩塑
• 彩陶
• 彩云
• 彩照
• 彩纸

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Vietnamese

Han character

彩 (thải, thái, rằn, thể)