彩 Strokes Write it Listen 彩 cǎi color, hue; prize; brilliant; variegated HSK 3 11 strokes Radical 彡 Sound + meaning 11 words Built from采soundcǎito collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck彡meaningshānhair; sunlight How it works彡 hints at the meaning (hair), and 采 cǎi hints at the sound.