彩

(bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #781 U+5F69

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

彡 (semantic, “hair”) + 采 (phonetic, cǎi)

components: 采彡

hue · Heisig RSH #1306

采 pick + rooster tail

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 采

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 采 (cǎi) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
采 sound component	cǎi	to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
菜	cài	vegetables; order, dish; food
踩	cǎi	to step on; to stamp
睬	cǎi	to notice, to pay attention to

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
无精打彩	wú jīng dǎ cǎi	dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality; not lively
不光彩	bù guāng cǎi	disgraceful; dishonorable
彩色电视	cǎi sè diàn shì	color television
大放异彩	dà fàng yì cǎi	to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment); to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skil…
水彩	shuǐ cǎi	watercolor
中彩	zhòng cǎi	to win a prize at a lottery
彩头	cǎi tóu	good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
头彩	tóu cǎi	first prize in a lottery
经丝彩色显花	jīng sī cǎi sè xiǎn huā	warp brocade; woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
花彩	huā cǎi	to festoon; to decorate with a row of colored garlands
没精打彩	méi jīng dǎ cǎi	variant of 沒精打采\|没精打采[mei2 jing1 da3 cai3]
彩电	cǎi diàn	color television (abbr. for 彩色電視\|彩色电视[cai3 se4 dian4 shi4])
体彩	tǐ cǎi	sports lottery (sports betting run by a government agency, China Sports Lottery) (abbr. fo…
水彩笔	shuǐ cǎi bǐ	colored markers
出彩	chū cǎi	to perform outstandingly; outstanding; dazzling; brilliant
口彩	kǒu cǎi	complimentary remarks; well-wishing
彩车	cǎi chē	float (in a parade)
真彩色	zhēn cǎi sè	true color
多彩	duō cǎi	colorful; flamboyant
光彩	guāng cǎi	luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance