Read Edit View history Discussion 彩 cǎi HSK3 hue, color Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas cǎi ×cai × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彩 Simp strokes 彩 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彩 Simp strokes 彩 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 彩 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 499, 786 ], [ 484, 792 ], [ 434, 794 ], [ 342, 736 ], [ 237, 694 ] ], [ [ 187, 629 ], [ 239, 579 ], [ 252, 543 ] ], [ [ 326, 663 ], [ 362, 634 ], [ 378, 607 ] ], [ [ 529, 710 ], [ 545, 679 ], [ 445, 582 ] ], [ [ 82, 398 ], [ 123, 388 ], [ 152, 390 ], [ 485, 460 ], [ 545, 455 ] ], [ [ 346, 539 ], [ 374, 508 ], [ 375, 496 ], [ 375, 206 ], [ 369, 104 ], [ 381, 29 ] ], [ [ 348, 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