彩
彩 — Coloring
coloring, paint, makeup
On’yomiサイ (sai)
Kun’yomiいろどる (irodoru)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 彩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 色彩 | しきさい shikisai | colour; color; hue |
| 多彩 | たさい tasai | colourful; colorful; multicoloured |
| 油彩 | ゆさい yusai | oil painting |
| 精彩 | せいさい seisai | brilliance; luster; lustre |
| 彩り | いろどり irodori | coloring; colouring; coloration |
| 彩る | いろどる irodoru | to colour; to color; to paint |
Study notes
彩 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1251 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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