Read Edit View history 綵 cǎi varicolored silk Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 䌽 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint silk Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 綵 Simp strokes 綵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 綵 Simp strokes 綵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 綵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 259, 805 ], [ 283, 778 ], [ 290, 752 ], [ 192, 574 ], [ 173, 525 ], [ 196, 521 ], [ 269, 530 ], [ 292, 547 ] ], [ [ 354, 683 ], [ 378, 646 ], [ 320, 539 ], [ 213, 379 ], [ 207, 344 ], [ 226, 344 ], [ 337, 390 ], [ 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456 593 473 566 Z", "M 588 630 Q 609 584 628 571 Q 638 565 648 574 Q 655 581 657 595 Q 654 626 605 656 Q 595 663 586 662 Q 582 662 581 652 Q 580 643 588 630 Z", "M 759 663 Q 744 633 678 547 Q 668 529 686 533 Q 695 539 806 618 Q 825 636 849 647 Q 871 659 859 677 Q 844 693 817 708 Q 792 721 778 718 Q 765 717 769 702 Q 773 683 759 663 Z", "M 659 395 Q 728 410 847 415 Q 893 415 901 425 Q 905 435 890 447 Q 839 477 784 464 Q 733 452 659 434 L 611 424 Q 541 412 462 396 Q 443 393 458 379 Q 471 367 488 364 Q 507 360 521 365 Q 543 372 571 379 L 659 395 Z", "M 659 434 Q 660 453 663 465 Q 664 478 658 483 Q 636 502 617 512 Q 605 516 596 508 Q 590 505 598 495 Q 602 488 611 424 L 612 357 Q 600 84 592 58 Q 583 25 617 -28 Q 627 -46 636 -50 Q 646 -51 652 -39 Q 664 -8 660 22 Q 657 167 656 362 L 659 434 Z", "M 571 379 Q 541 255 313 72 Q 298 59 313 59 Q 323 58 357 76 Q 412 101 460 144 Q 560 246 603 338 Q 607 348 612 357 C 630 394 587 435 571 379 Z", "M 656 362 Q 723 259 810 148 Q 826 130 855 131 Q 952 135 982 142 Q 991 145 992 149 Q 993 153 981 161 Q 834 224 741 315 Q 705 348 668 387 Q 664 393 659 395 L 657 395 C 633 412 640 387 656 362 Z" ] } 14 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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