彩
coloring; paint; makeup
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1251.
Readings
- サイ (on reading): 色彩 (しきさい) colour; 多彩 (たさい) colourful
- いろどる (kun reading): 彩る (いろどる) to colour; 彩り (いろどり) coloring
Components
Words using 彩
- 色彩 (しきさい) colour
- 多彩 (たさい) colourful
- 水彩 (すいさい) watercolor painting
- 油彩 (ゆさい) oil painting
- 彩色 (さいしき) colouring
- 彩る (いろどる) to colour
- 彩り (いろどり) coloring
- 金彩 (きんだみ) gold leaf
- 彩なす (あやなす) to decorate with many bright colours (colors)
- 銀彩 (ぎんだみ) silver paint
- 青砥稿花紅彩画 (あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ) Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e (kabuki play by Kawatake Mokuami)
64 words in all.