Moto 彩: Coloring; Paint; MakeupKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サイ
- Kun'yomi
- いろど(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 52 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サイ)
- 多彩たさいvariegated; varicoloured
- 色彩しきさいcolour; color
- 油彩ゆさいoil painting
- 精彩せいさいbrilliance; luster
- 彩色さいしきcolouring; coloring
- 水彩画すいさいがwatercolor painting; watercolour painting
- 光彩こうさいbrilliance; splendour
- 極彩色ごくさいしきrichly colored; richly coloured
- 異彩いさいconspicuousness (usu. color); prominence
- 迷彩めいさいcamouflage; disguise
- お晩彩おばんさいKyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
- 五彩ごさいthe five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors
- 光彩陸離こうさいりくりdazzling; brilliant
- 彩層さいそう(solar) chromosphere
- 彩度さいどchroma; chroma saturation
- 彩画さいがcolored picture; coloured picture
- 彩管さいかんartist's brush
- 彩色画さいしきがcolour picture (color); color painting
- 彩雲さいうんglowing clouds
- 彩飾さいしょくillumination (e.g. of a manuscript)
- 彩飾写本さいしょくしゃほんilluminated manuscript
- 文彩ぶんさいfigure of speech
- 星彩せいさいasterism (gemmology); optical star pattern in polished gemstones
- 有彩色ゆうさいしょくchromatic color; chromatic colour
- 水彩すいさいwatercolor painting
- 水彩画家すいさいがかwatercolorist; watercolourist
- 水彩絵の具すいさいえのぐwatercolors; watercolours
- 水彩絵具すいさいえぐwatercolors; watercolours
- 淡彩たんさいlight colouring; light coloring
- 淡彩画たんさいがwash drawing
- 無彩色むさいしょくneutral colour; neutral color
- 生彩せいさいbrilliance; luster
- 異彩を放ついさいをはなつto be conspicuous; to stand out
- 異彩高いさいだかisolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)
- 着彩ちゃくさいcolouring (a drawing); coloring
- 神彩しんさいsurpassing looks; exceptional appearance
- 色彩感覚しきさいかんかくsense of color; sense of colour
- 色彩設計しきさいせっけいcolor scheme; colour scheme
- 色彩調節しきさいちょうせつcolor control; colour control
- 色彩豊かしきさいゆたかcolourful
- 虹彩こうさいiris (of the eye)
- 虹彩毛様体炎こうさいもうようたいえんiridocyclitis
- 虹彩炎こうさいえんiritis
- 虹彩異色症こうさいいしょくしょうheterochromia iridis; eyes differing in colour (color)
- 迷彩服めいさいふくcamouflaged clothes
- 透明水彩とうめいすいさいwatercolor; transparent watercolor (as opposed to gouache)
Words that use a kun'yomi
Other readings
- 彩なすあやなすto decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern
- 彩やかあざやかvivid; bright
- 彩色くさいしくto colour; to color
- 金彩きんだみgold leaf; gold paint
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