Memory phrase for the character: 色

色

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Meaning

color, look, appearance, sex

Pronunciation

 sè, shǎi

Explanation

 Top: bent person ⺈, bottom: hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)

Mnemonic
 
The bent person hopes for colorful sex.

Radicals

色 color
巴 to hope, long forActually a slumped person 把 is shown. But the explanations use it as "door handle". This understanding is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand 扌 and means: doorknob.
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 Vocabulary

无色 wú sè  colorless
音色 yīn sè  tone; timbre; sound color
脸色 liǎn sè  complexion; look
逊色 xùn sè  inferior
浅色 qiǎn sè  light color
白色恐怖 Bái sè kǒng bù  White Terror
乳白色 rǔ bái sè  milky white
黄褐色 huáng hè sè  tan (color); tawny
赤褐色 chì hè sè  reddish-brown
暮色 mù sè  twilight
褪色 tùn sè  fade
褪色 tùn sè  

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