color radical in Chinese

You might remember the color radical with this easy mnemonic:

This radical means color. It looks like a painting palette with a magnet (⺈) to stable a tool. The painter has made a mess though with paint spilling out into a snake (乚).

Using mnemonics to remember Chinese radicals like color has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 艳
• 绝
• 色

• 红色
• 出色
• 白色
• 蓝色
• 颜色
• 黄色
• 绝不
• 黑色
• 绝对
• 拒绝
• 色情
• 角色
• 棕色
• 绿色
• 绝望

Learning radical like color and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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