色 — Chinese character
色
sè
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
- Pinyin
- sè
- Radical
- 139 ⾊ (Color)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 巴
- Formation
- ideographic — What a person ⺈ desires 巴
- Japanese
- 色 as a kanji
Common words with 色
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 颜色 (顏色) | yán sè | color; countenance |
| 绿色 (綠色) | lǜ sè | green |
| 红色 (紅色) | hóng sè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 色彩 | sè cǎi | tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 蓝色 (藍色) | lán sè | blue (color) |
| 黄色 (黃色) | huáng sè | yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 色情 | sè qíng | pornography; sex |
| 出色 | chū sè | remarkable; outstanding |
English words written with 色
色 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 27 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 29 · Zhuangzi 54 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 12
- Analects 1.3
- Analects 1.7
- Analects 2.8
- Analects 5.18
- Analects 5.24
- Analects 8.4
- Analects 9.17
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