cǎi

(bright) color

variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize

flowing color strokes (彡) + sound cǎi (采) = bright color and variety

彡 depicts flowing strokes of color or hair, giving 彩 its sense of vivid, shimmering hues. 采 mainly contributes the sound cǎi; the flowing marks carry the visual richness.

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天空中出现了七种色的光。

tiān kōng zhōng chū xiàn le qī zhǒng cǎi sè de guāng。

Seven colors of light appeared in the sky.

他买的票今天中彩了。

tā mǎi de cǎi piào jīn tiān zhòng cǎi le。

The lottery ticket he bought won a prize today.

Words with 彩

云彩

yún cai

(coll.) cloud

头彩

tóu cǎi

first prize in a lottery

体彩

tǐ cǎi

sports lottery (sports betting run by a government agency, China Sports Lottery) (abbr. for 體育彩票|体育彩票[ti3 yu4 cai3 piao4])

七彩

qī cǎi

seven colors; a variety of colors

不光彩

bù guāng cǎi

disgraceful

中彩

zhòng cǎi

to win a prize at a lottery

丹彩

dān cǎi

vermilion

五彩

wǔ cǎi

five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)

五彩纸屑

wǔ cǎi zhǐ xiè

confetti

五彩缤纷

wǔ cǎi bīn fēn

all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display

亮彩

liàng cǎi

a bright color

倒彩

dào cǎi

adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake

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