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CHINESE CHARACTER

sè

色

色

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sex

Numbered pinyin
se4
English meanings
color, CL:種|种[zhong3], look, appearance, sex, color, dice

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top ⺈; bottom 巴.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱⺈巴

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这shì是shénme什么sè色?

    What color is this?

  2. 02

    hóngsè红色。

    Red.

  3. 03

    yánsè颜色hěn很piàoliang漂亮。

    Beautiful colors.

  4. 04

    liǎnsè脸色。

    Complexion.

  5. 05

    sècǎi色彩。

    Colors.

  6. 06

    hǎo好sè色bù不hǎo好。

    Leering is bad.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 五颜六色
  • 出色
  • 形形色色
  • 彩色
  • 景色
  • 有声有色
  • 本色
  • 灰色
  • 特色
  • 白色
  • 眼色
  • 红色
  • 绘声绘色
  • 绿色
  • 脸色
  • 色彩
  • 蓝色
  • 角色
  • 逊色
  • 颜色
  • 黄色
  • 黑色