(bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize

= + : The King of Chu (c) is playing his fake Santa Clause beard (彡) by pulling the beard with one hand and plucking (采) the hairs using a plectrum (采) in the airplane (ai3). He is playing a variety (彩) of songs and the audience is applauding (彩) frantically.

彩 character breakdown

"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)

= 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a fake Santa Clause beard.

= 丿 : In front of the anthill Sherlock Holmes wants to eat a banana, but he can't because of his fake Santa Clause beard.
to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a plectrum.

= + : The King of Chu (c) decorated the airplane's (ai3) Christmas trees (木) with plectrums (采), now it's time to decorate himself. He selects parts of his beard to shave with an electric razor (爫), then goes on to select some of the leaves to pluck them out and put them in his partly shaved face.
color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3]
allotment to a feudal noble

Characters with 彩 as component

彩 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 彩

float (in a parade)
to decorate for festive occasions / to be wounded in action
good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
rosy clouds / CL:朵[duo3]
watercolor / aquarelle
to draw lots / raffle / lottery
(bird species of China) greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
listless / dispirited / washed out
(bird species of China) painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)

Sentences with 彩

xi̅ng
xing
pu̅
chéng
yín
hé
 
 
cǎi
hóng
jià
zuò
fe̅i
qiáo