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彩 = 采 + 彡

彩 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “coloring”. It is built from 采 (grab) and 彡 (bristle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1850.

Keyword
coloring
RTK frame
1850
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いろど.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
окраска
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
彩 hue

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 采 grab
  2. 彡 bristle

How to find 彩 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grab” + “bristle”. 彩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 彩 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.