彩

cǎi

(bright) color

variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize

flowing color strokes (彡) + sound cǎi (采) = bright color and variety

彡 depicts flowing strokes of color or hair, giving 彩 its sense of vivid, shimmering hues. 采 mainly contributes the sound cǎi; the flowing marks carry the visual richness.

采+彡→彩
彡Flowing strokesSemantic
采To pickPhonetic

天空中出现了七种彩色的光。

tiān kōng zhōng chū xiàn le qī zhǒng cǎi sè de guāng。

Seven colors of light appeared in the sky.

他买的彩票今天中彩了。

tā mǎi de cǎi piào jīn tiān zhòng cǎi le。

The lottery ticket he bought won a prize today.

Words with 彩

彩妆

cǎi zhuāng

makeup

福彩

fú cǎi

lottery run by China Welfare Lottery, a government agency that uses a portion of the money from ticket sales to fund welfare projects (abbr. for 福利彩票[fu2 li4 cai3 piao4])

迷彩

mí cǎi

camouflage

彩民

cǎi mín

lottery player

浓墨重彩

nóng mò zhòng cǎi

thick and heavy in colors

云彩

yún cai

(coll.) cloud

头彩

tóu cǎi

first prize in a lottery

体彩

tǐ cǎi

sports lottery (sports betting run by a government agency, China Sports Lottery) (abbr. for 體育彩票|体育彩票[ti3 yu4 cai3 piao4])

七彩

qī cǎi

seven colors; a variety of colors

不光彩

bù guāng cǎi

disgraceful

中彩

zhòng cǎi

to win a prize at a lottery

丹彩

dān cǎi

vermilion

More characters with 采

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