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彩
cǎi
1. (bright) color
2. variety
3. applause
4. applaud
5. lottery prize
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

彩
cǎi
color, hue; prize; brilliant; variegated
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

七彩
qīcǎi
seven colors
中彩
zhòngcǎi
to win a lottery
五彩
wǔcǎi
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
亮彩
liàngcǎi
a bright color
倒彩
dàocǎi
adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
光彩
guāngcǎi
luster
HSK 6
剪彩
jiǎncǎi
to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
HSK 6
博彩
bócǎi
lottery
口彩
kǒucǎi
complimentary remarks
唇彩
chúncǎi
lip gloss
喝彩
hècǎi
to acclaim
多彩
duōcǎi
colorful
奇彩
qícǎi
unexpected splendour
彩鹮
cǎihuán
(Chinese bird species) glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
彩信
cǎixìn
multi-media messaging service (MMS) (telecommunications)
彩印
cǎiyìn
color printing
彩卷
cǎijuǎn
color film
彩塑
cǎisù
painted clay figure
彩妆
cǎizhuāng
makeup
彩带
cǎidài
colored ribbon

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,176
Word Frequency Rank
4,997 of 84,292

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