彩 — kanji meaning “coloring”
彩
coloring, paint, makeup
- Meanings
- coloring, paint, makeup
- On'yomi
- サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- いろど.る
- Name readings
- あや、さ、さえ、つや
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1251 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 59
- Chinese reading
- cǎi — Chinese character page
Words with 彩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 色彩 | しきさい shikisai | colour; color; hue |
| 多彩 | たさい tasai | colourful; colorful; multicoloured |
| 迷彩 | めいさい meisai | camouflage; disguise |
| 彩色 | さいしき saishiki | colouring; coloring; colouration |
| 彩る | いろどる irodoru | to colour; to color; to paint |
| 油彩 | ゆさい yusai | oil painting |
| 彩り | いろどり irodori | coloring; colouring; coloration |
| 精彩 | せいさい seisai | brilliance; luster; lustre |
| 異彩 | いさい isai | conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness |
| 光彩 | こうさい kousai | brilliance; splendour; splendor |
| 極彩色 | ごくさいしき gokusaishiki | richly colored; richly coloured |
| 水彩 | すいさい suisai | watercolor painting |
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