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彩
JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1251

Meanings

Coloring, Paint, Makeup

Radicals

彑

Decomposition

⿰采彑

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)
γ‚΅γ‚€ sai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
いろど irodo

Words Using This Kanji

61 words total
Other (20 words)
θ‰²ε½©ζ„Ÿθ¦š しきさいかんかく

sense of color

彩局 さいそう

chromosphere

彩雲 さいうん

iridescent clouds

淑彩画 γŸγ‚“γ•γ„γŒ

wash drawing

光彩陸雒 γ“γ†γ•γ„γ‚Šγγ‚Š

dazzling

彩画 γ•γ„γŒ

colored picture

迷彩服 めいさいちく

camouflage clothing

彩γͺす あやγͺす

to decorate with many bright colours (colors)

虹彩異色症 こうさいいしょくしょう

heterochromia iridis

彩飾 さいしょく

illumination (e.g. of a manuscript)

ε½©ι£Ύε†™ζœ¬ さいしょくしゃほん

illuminated manuscript

金彩 きんだみ

gold leaf

θ‰²ε½©θ±Šγ‹ γ—γγ•γ„γ‚†γŸγ‹

colourful

ζœ‰ε½©θ‰² ゆうさいしょく

chromatic color

文彩 ぢんさい

literary embellishment

ι€ζ˜Žζ°΄ε½© とうめいすいさい

watercolor

着彩 けゃくさい

colouring (a drawing)

θ™Ήε½©η‚Ž γ“γ†γ•γ„γˆγ‚“

iritis

θ™Ήε½©ζ―›ζ§˜δ½“η‚Ž γ“γ†γ•γ„γ‚‚γ†γ‚ˆγ†γŸγ„γˆγ‚“

iridocyclitis

θ‰²ε½©θ¨­θ¨ˆ しきさいせっけい

color scheme