The kanji 彩: meaning, readings and stroke order

彩

Meaning: color, decorate
On reading: サイ sai
Kun reading: いろど（る） irodoru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 彡 bristle, beard
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: màu sắc, tô điểm (thái)
Japanese: いろどり。いろをつける。
Korean: 빛깔, 꾸미다 (채)
Chinese: 色彩、点缀

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading · less common

色しき彩さい
colors, coloring
明るい 色しき彩さいの絵です。
The picture has bright colors.

いろど（る） irodoru · kun reading · less common

彩いろどる
to add color to, to brighten up
花が庭を 彩いろどります。
Flowers brighten up the garden.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.