(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

extraordinary splendor
lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
thick and heavy in colors / to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality / not lively
multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)
to project singular splendor or radiance / to perform brilliantly
Diecai district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi
Diecai district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi
egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)
everyone present applauds / universal acclaim / a standing ovation / to bring the house down

Sentences with 彩

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