綵

See also: 彩

綵 U+7DB5, 綵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB5 ← 綴 [U+7DB4] CJK Unified Ideographs 綶 → [U+7DB6]

Translingual

Han character

綵 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火月木 (VFBD), four-corner 2299₄, composition ⿰糹采)

Derived characters

• 𧀊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27580
• Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3417, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7DB5

Chinese

trad.		綵/彩*
simp.		彩*
2nd round simp.		采
nonstandard simp.		䌽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (采) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
采	*sʰɯːʔ
睬	*sʰɯːʔ
彩	*sʰɯːʔ
採	*sʰɯːʔ
綵	*sʰɯːʔ
寀	*sʰɯːʔ
菜	*sʰɯːs
埰	*sʰɯːs
棌	*sʰɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰɯːʔ): semantic 糹 (“silk; thread”) + phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎi (cai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³
    • Yale: tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsae
    • Palladius: цай (caj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coi²
    • Yale: chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshojX

Rime
Character	綵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉宰切
Baxter	tshojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəjX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀiX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綵
Reading #	1/1
No.	1074
Phonetic component	采
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	采
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯːʔ/

Definitions

綵

1. varicolored silk
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) variegated color or decorative pattern
3. alternative form of 彩 (cǎi)

Compounds

• 世綵堂 / 世彩堂
• 全綵 / 全彩
• 剪綵 / 剪彩 (jiǎncǎi)
• 張燈結綵 / 张灯结彩
• 戲綵娛親 / 戏彩娱亲
• 披紅挂綵 / 披红挂彩
• 挂燈結綵 / 挂灯结彩
• 文綵 / 文彩 (wéncǎi)
• 燈綵 / 灯彩
• 班衣戲綵 / 班衣戏彩
• 結綵 / 结彩 (jiécǎi)
• 綵勝 / 彩胜
• 綵女 / 彩女 (cǎinǚ)
• 綵棚 / 彩棚
• 綵樓 / 彩楼
• 綵牌樓 / 彩牌楼
• 綵球 / 彩球
• 綵筆生花 / 彩笔生花
• 綵緞 / 彩缎 (cǎiduàn)
• 綵繒 / 彩缯
• 綵衣娛親 / 彩衣娱亲
• 綵頭 / 彩头 (cǎitóu)
• 綵鳳 / 彩凤
• 綵鸞 / 彩鸾
• 翦綵 / 翦彩
• 萊綵北堂 / 莱彩北堂

Japanese

Kanji

綵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. colorful

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: あや (aya, 綵)、あやぎぬ (ayaginu, 綵)
• Nanori: あや (aya)

Korean

Hanja

綵 • (chae) (hangeul 채, revised chae, McCune–Reischauer ch'ae, Yale chay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

綵 (thải, giẻ, thái)

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