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Japanese symbol for “multicolored”

Romaji: tasai
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; multicolored

In Japanese, multicolored is , read (tasai).

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.

Meanings

  1. adj-na, n colourful; colorful; multicoloured; multicolored; varicoloured; varicolored
  2. adj-na, n various; varied; variegated; diverse; a variety of; all kinds of

Kanji and stroke order

many, frequent, much
on: タ
kun: おお.い、まさ.に、まさ.る
6 strokes · JLPT 4
coloring, paint, makeup
on: サイ
kun: いろど.る
11 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “multicolored”

WordReadingMeaning
いろとりどり irotoridorimulticolored; multicoloured; of various colors

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
たすう tasuularge number (of); many
たぶん tabunprobably; likely; perhaps
たよう tayoudiverse; various
たしょう tashoua little; some; somewhat
おおい ooimany; numerous; a lot
ただい tadaigreat (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous
しきさい shikisaicolour; color; hue
めいさい meisaicamouflage; disguise

See also: Chinese symbol for “multicolored”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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