色(sè)

HSK 26 strokes
Readingssèshǎi

color

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Character information

Pinyin
sè / shǎi
Meaning
color; CL:种; look; appearance; sex
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 色 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺈巴

What a person ⺈ desires 巴

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

⺈巴bā

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 色 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 色

Common words using 色 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wǔ五yán颜liù六sè色
HSK 4

multicolored

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chū出sè色
HSK 4

remarkable; outstanding

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shàng上sè色

top-quality; top-grade

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wǔ五sè色

multicolored; the rainbow; garish

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zuò作sè色

to show signs of anger; to flush with annoyance

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yī一lù路huò货sè色

(idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other; birds of a feather; cut from the same…

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sān三sè色jǐn堇

pansy

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bù不dòng动shēng声sè色

not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected

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万且业为主举久乐

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五颜六出上作一路

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