IDENTITY
色sècolor; look
HSK 2Top 200
CORE MEANING
color; look
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.colorHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 色color radical (sè)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱𠂊巴
- top
- gives the sound sè (historical)
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
颜色yánsècolor
红色hóngsèred
特色tèsècharacteristic
Graded examples
这种颜色很漂亮。Zhè zhǒng yánsè hěn piàoliang.HSK3
This color is very pretty.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 巴
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person (⺈) with a marked face (巴) — complexion, color.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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