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黄

JLPT N4 SL3 11 strokes Frequency: #1200

Meanings

yellow

Radicals

黄

Decomposition

⿱？⿱由八

Etymology

Pictographic: A jade pendant

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 diagonal bottom-to-top

11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

オウ ou

コウ kou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

き ki

ぎ gi

Words Using This Kanji

45 words total

オウ (23 words)

黄金おうごん

gold / golden

黄金週間おうごんしゅうかん

Golden Week / spring holiday period

硫黄いおう

sulfur / brimstone

黄金期おうごんき

golden age / heyday / prime

黄金時代おうごんじだい

golden age / heyday / prime

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コウ (9 words)

黄道こうどう

ecliptic / zodiacal path

黄砂こうさ

yellow sand / Asian dust

黄桃おうとう

yellow peach / golden peach

黄葉こうよう

yellow leaves / autumn foliage

黄信号こうしんごう

yellow signal / caution signal

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き (10 words)

黄色きいろ

yellow / yellow-colored

黄色いきいろい

yellow / yellowish

黄緑きみどり

yellow-green / light green

黄緑色きみどりいろ

yellow-green / yellowish green

黄ばむきばむ

turn yellow / become yellowed

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ぎ (2 words)

浅黄あさぎ

light yellow / pale yellow

萌黄もえぎ

yellow-green / light green

Other (1 words)

the underworld / Hades / the land of the dead