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彩 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「彡」

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4Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「彡」
On
サイさい · sai
Kun
いろど.るirodo.ru
Meaning
colour; tint

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

彡 "pattern" with 采: taking colour to make a pattern — to colour, to tint.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサイさいsai彩色さいしき色彩しきさい淡彩たんさい
Kunいろどるirodoru彩るいろどる彩りいろどり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 彩色さいしょく

    colouring

  • 色彩しきさい

    colour; hue

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夕日(ゆうひ)が空(そら)を彩(いろど)っている。

The setting sun is colouring the sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

彩色彩色color影shadow形shape彪patter…彭drumbe…彰make…載load歳year叉fork才talent切to cut
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Compound

Map of radical 彡Map of reading サイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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