Memory phrase for the Kanji: 色


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Meaning

color, look, appearance, sex

Pronunciation

sè, shǎi

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

The bent person hopes for colorful sex.

Radicals

color
to hope, long forActually a slumped person 把 is shown. But the explanations use it as "doorhandle". This understanding is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand 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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