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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sè | se4
English translation
color
CL: zhǒng
> zhǒng [zhǒng]
look
appearance
sex
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǎi | shai3
English translation
color
dice

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Number of strokes

6

Radical frequency

21

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

What a person desires

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⺈巴

Explanation

Depicts a kneeling person ( jié ) being held down by a knife ( Dāo ). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as . The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.

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叶绿体 yè lǜ tǐ de tào yǒu 黄质的淡黄色 huáng sè .

The chloroplast envelope has the light yellow color of violaxanthin.

因此 yīncǐ dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī shí , jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng fēn .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

西班牙 Xī bān yá 领事馆 lǐngshìguǎn shì 银行 yínháng 对面 duìmiàn de 那栋高大 gāo dà de 白色 bái sè 建筑物 jiàn zhù wù .

The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.

眯起眼睛 yǎnjing , kān zhāo 那些 nà xiē 色彩 sècǎi 鲜明 xiānmíng de 人影 Cóng 山上 Shān shàng Xiàng fēi jiàng .

He squinted at the brightly colored figures swooping toward him down the hill.

他们 tā men Néng 分辨 fēnbiàn shǎng Bǎi zhǒng 颜色 yánsè .

They can discriminate hundreds of colours.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
出色 chūsè remarkable出色 chūsè
角色 juésè role角色 juésè
color
颜色 yánsè color顏色
红色 hóng sè red (color)紅色
黑色 hēi sè black黑色 hēi sè
绿色 lǜ sè green綠色
特色 tèsè characteristic特色 tèsè
蓝色 lán sè blue (color)藍色
白色 bái sè white白色 bái sè
以色列 Yǐ sè liè Israel以色列 Yǐ sè liè
色彩 sècǎi tint色彩 sècǎi
黄色 huáng sè yellow (color)黃色
脸色 liǎn sè look臉色
色情 sè qíng erotic色情 sè qíng
金色 jīn sè golden金色 jīn sè
灰色 huī sè gray灰色 huī sè
紫色 zǐ sè purple紫色 zǐ sè
彩色 cǎi sè color彩色 cǎi sè
棕色 zōngsè brown棕色 zōngsè
肤色 fū sè skin color膚色
银色 yín sè silver (color)銀色
景色 jǐngsè scenery景色 jǐngsè
气色 qìsè complexion氣色
褐色 hè sè brown褐色 hè sè

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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    • yàn
    • jué , , , , , , , , , yàn , , ,
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