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彩

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1251

Meanings

Coloring, Paint, Makeup

Radicals

彡

Decomposition

⿰采彡

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hair

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 diagonal bottom-to-top

8 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 diagonal right-to-left

11 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サイ sai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いろど irodo

Words Using This Kanji

61 words total

Other (20 words)

brilliance

to colour

colouring

chroma

coloring

colour

watercolor painting

colourful

light colouring

iris

camouflage

colour picture (color)

oil painting

watercolorist

watercolors

brilliance

richly colored

color control

artist's brush

the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black

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