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Chinese symbol for “pigment”

色素
sè sù
pigment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pigment is 色素 (sè sù), defined as: pigment.

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Characters and stroke order

色 sè
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
radical 139 ⾊ · 6 strokes
素 sù
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pigment”

WordPinyinMeaning
颜色 (顏色)yán sècolor; countenance
颜料 (顏料)yán liàopaint; dye

Related words

Other words that share a character with 色素.

WordPinyinMeaning
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
特色tè sèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
颜色 (顏色)yán sècolor; countenance
绿色 (綠色)lǜ sègreen
红色 (紅色)hóng sèred (color); revolutionary
黑色hēi sèblack
因素yīn sùelement; factor
素质 (素質)sù zhìinner quality; basic essence

See also: Japanese symbol for “pigment”.

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.