浅 和 深 放在颜色词前面，表示颜色的深浅。
Put 浅 or 深 before any colour to shift it lighter or darker — one pattern, any colour.
浅
qiǎn
light (colour) · shallow
颜色浅 · 水浅
我想要浅蓝色的布料。
I'd like light-blue fabric.
这条河很浅。
This river is very shallow.
深
shēn
dark (colour) · deep
颜色深 · 水深
他穿了一件深绿色的西装。
He wore a dark-green suit.
这里的水很深。
The water here is very deep.
Colours颜色
颜色表
浅红qiǎn hóng
红hóng
深红shēn hóng
红色 — 中国文化中象征喜庆与好运。 Red: colour of celebration and good fortune in Chinese culture.
浅橙qiǎn chéng
橙chéng
深橙shēn chéng
浅黄qiǎn huáng
黄huáng
深黄shēn huáng
浅绿qiǎn lǜ
绿lǜ
深绿shēn lǜ
浅蓝qiǎn lán
蓝lán
深蓝shēn lán
浅紫qiǎn zǐ
紫zǐ
深紫shēn zǐ
浅粉qiǎn fěn
粉fěn
深粉shēn fěn
浅灰qiǎn huī
灰huī
深灰shēn huī
白bái
白是最浅的颜色。 White is the lightest colour — 浅 cannot go further.
黑hēi
黑是最深的颜色。 Black is the darkest colour — 深 cannot go further.
Character study字学
裁
裁
cái
to cut / to tailor裁剪、剪布
Composition字形
才
cái
phonetic — gives the sound
+
衣
yī
clothing — gives the domain
=
裁
cái
to cut (cloth/fabric)
才 (talent, cái) gives the pronunciation.
衣 (clothing, yī) grounds the meaning in the fabric domain —
裁 is specifically about cutting cloth, not cutting in general.
The full top element 𢦏 also contains 戈 (a blade), reinforcing the cutting sense.完整的上部 𢦏 包含戈（刀刃），进一步强调裁切的语义。