彩 cǎi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 采 to collect, to gather 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
彩色
cǎisè
colorful; in color
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这是彩色照片。 Zhè shì cǎi sè zhào piàn. This is a color photo.
- 我喜欢彩色笔。 Wǒ xǐ huan cǎi sè bǐ. I like colorful pens.
- 她穿彩色裙子。 Tā chuān cǎi sè qún zi. She wears a colorful skirt.