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彩

彩 — coloring, paint, makeup

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サイ
Kun
いろどる
Strokes
11
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 彩

  • 色彩しきさいcolour; color; hue; tintsCommon

    雄のくじゃくは尾の羽毛が色彩豊かである。
    The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.

  • 多彩たさいcolourful; colorful; multicoloured; multicolored; varicoloured; varicoloredCommon

    メニューにはいろいろ多彩な料理があった。
    There was a great variety of dishes on the menu.

  • 油彩ゆさいoil paintingCommon
  • 精彩せいさいbrilliance; luster; lustre; colorfulness; colourfulnessCommon
  • 彩るいろどるto colour; to color; to paintCommon
  • 彩りいろどりcoloring; colouring; coloration; colourationCommon
  • 彩色さいしきcolouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; paintingCommon
  • 水彩画すいさいがwatercolor painting; watercolour paintingCommon
  • 光彩こうさいbrilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; lusterCommon
  • 迷彩めいさいcamouflage; disguiseCommon
  • 異彩いさいconspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctivenessOccasional
  • 極彩色ごくさいしきrichly colored; richly colouredOccasional
  • 水彩すいさいwatercolor paintingOccasional
  • 彩度さいどchroma; chroma saturation; color saturation (colour)Rare
  • 顔彩がんさいdried rectangular cakes of water paint (used in Japanese-style paintings)Rare
  • 生活彩家せいかつさいかSeikatsu Saika (convenience store belonging to Poplar Co. Ltd.)Rare
  • 着彩ちゃくさいcolouring (a drawing); coloringRare
  • 彩光さいこうcoloured lightRare
  • 星彩せいさいasterism (gemmology); optical star pattern in polished gemstonesRare
  • 文彩ぶんさいliterary embellishment; figure of speech; rhetorical flourishRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 62 words that use 彩.

  • 色彩 しきさい colour; color; hue; tints
  • 多彩 たさい colourful; colorful; multicoloured; multicolored; varicoloured; varicolored
  • 油彩 ゆさい oil painting
  • 精彩 せいさい brilliance; luster; lustre; colorfulness; colourfulness
  • 彩る いろどる to colour; to color; to paint

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