Chinese symbol for “painted”

彩绘

cǎi huì

Traditional: 彩繪

painted; colored painted-on designs

The closest CC-CEDICT match for painted is 彩绘 (cǎi huì), defined as: painted; colored painted-on designs.

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Characters and stroke order

彩 cǎi

color, hue; prize; brilliant; variegated

radical 59 ⼺ · 11 strokes

绘 huì

to sketch, to paint, to draw

radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

繪 huì

Related words

Other words that share a character with 彩绘.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
色彩	sè cǎi	tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
精彩	jīng cǎi	wonderful; marvelous
彩色	cǎi sè	color; multicolored
彩虹	cǎi hóng	rainbow; measure word: 道 (dào)
彩票	cǎi piào	lottery ticket
博彩	bó cǎi	gambling
绘画 (繪畫)	huì huà	to draw; to paint
描绘 (描繪)	miáo huì	to describe; to depict; to portray

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.