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— “colour”

How to write and say the Chinese character (sè), which means colour — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Colours & describing.

Pinyin · 拼音
Meaning · 意思 colour
Strokes · 笔画 6
Radical · 部首 (colour)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

色 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Find 色 at the end of every colour word: 红色, 黄色, 蓝色 — it is 'colour' itself.

A common word常用词

cǎi

colourful

Example sentence例句

cǎihóngyǒuzhǒngyán

A rainbow has seven colours.

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