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Chinese symbol for “colorful”

多彩
duō cǎi
colorful; flamboyant

The closest CC-CEDICT match for colorful is 多彩 (duō cǎi), defined as: colorful; flamboyant.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes
彩 cǎi
color, hue; prize; brilliant; variegated
radical 59 ⼺ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “colorful”

WordPinyinMeaning
富色彩fù sè cǎicolorful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 多彩.

WordPinyinMeaning
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
多数 (多數)duō shùmajority; most
多么 (多麼)duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)
色彩sè cǎitint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous
彩色cǎi sècolor; multicolored

See also: Japanese symbol for “colorful”.

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.

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