Chinese symbol for “coloration”
色彩
sè cǎi
tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coloration is 色彩 (sè cǎi), defined as: tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “coloration”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 色彩.
| 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 |
| 精彩 | jīng cǎi | wonderful; marvelous |
| 彩色 | cǎi sè | color; multicolored |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coloration”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.