HSK 3 · Writing & Publishing

彩色

cǎi sè

color; colorful

Stroke order of 彩色

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

彩 · 11 strokes色 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

彩 is hair-like strokes 彡 colors, and 色 is a person on a seat with color.

Parts: 彩: 采 + 彡, colorful; 色: color

Example sentence

我想要彩色的笔。

I want colored pens.

Words with 彩

精彩wonderful; brilliant

Words with 色

白色white 黑色black 红色red 黄色yellow 蓝色blue 绿色green 颜色colour 景色scenery 特色characteristic; special feature

More words: Writing & Publishing

文章article; essay 文学literature 作品work (of art)作者author 读者reader 标题title; headline 杂志magazine 发表to publish 创作to create (art); creation 文字writing; characters 外文foreign language 图picture; drawing; map 图画picture; drawing 专题special topic

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