彩
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(bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彡 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 彩
- Common rank
- #781
- Unicode
- U+5F69
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
hue · Heisig RSH #1306
采 pick + rooster tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 彩
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无精打彩 | dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality; not lively | |
| 不光彩 | disgraceful; dishonorable | |
| 彩色电视 | color television | |
| 大放异彩 | to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment); to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skil… | |
| 水彩 | watercolor | |
| 中彩 | to win a prize at a lottery | |
| 彩头 | good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) | |
| 头彩 | first prize in a lottery | |
| 经丝彩色显花 | warp brocade; woven fabric with single woof but colored warp | |
| 花彩 | to festoon; to decorate with a row of colored garlands | |
| 没精打彩 | variant of 沒精打采|没精打采[mei2 jing1 da3 cai3] | |
| 彩电 | color television (abbr. for 彩色電視|彩色电视[cai3 se4 dian4 shi4]) | |
| 体彩 | sports lottery (sports betting run by a government agency, China Sports Lottery) (abbr. fo… | |
| 水彩笔 | colored markers | |
| 出彩 | to perform outstandingly; outstanding; dazzling; brilliant | |
| 口彩 | complimentary remarks; well-wishing | |
| 彩车 | float (in a parade) | |
| 真彩色 | true color | |
| 多彩 | colorful; flamboyant | |
| 光彩 | luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 采 — compare how they read.