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色
JLPT N4 SL2 6 strokes Frequency: #621

Meanings

Color

Radicals

色

Decomposition

⿱⺈巴

Etymology

Ideographic: What a person ⺈ desires 巴

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left
2 corner top-to-bottom
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
6 curve bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚·γ‚­ shiki
ショク shoku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
いろ iro

Words Using This Kanji

719 words total
Other (20 words)
政治色 γ›γ„γ˜γ—γ‚‡γ

political tone

帯黄色 γŸγ„γ“γ†γ—γ‚‡γ

yellowish (color)

ιˆι»„θ‰² にぢきいろ

dull yellow

鋼色 γ―γŒγ­γ„γ‚

steel blue

深緑色 γ΅γ‹γΏγ©γ‚Šγ„γ‚

dark (deep) green

愉色 ゆしょく

cheerful expression

緑白色 γ‚Šγ‚‡γγ―γγ—γ‚‡γ

greenish white

ζŸ“θ‰²ε·₯ε ΄ γ›γ‚“γ—γ‚‡γγ“γ†γ˜γ‚‡γ†

dye works

εŒη³»θ‰² どうけいしょく

similar color

白色光 はくしょくこう

white light

発色現像 γ―γ£γ—γ‚‡γγ’γ‚“γžγ†

colour development (of photographs)

ι»„εœŸθ‰² γŠγ†γ©γ„γ‚

ocher (colour)

ιŠ€η°θ‰² γŽγ‚“γ‹γ„γ—γ‚‡γ

silver gray

倕景色 ゆうげしき

evening scene

γ‚°γƒ©γƒ ζŸ“θ‰² グラムせんしょく

gram stain

γ‚«γƒŠγƒͺを色 γ‚«γƒŠγƒͺをいろ

canary

γ‚―γƒͺーム色 γ‚―γƒͺームいろ

cream (colour, color)

カーキ色 カーキいろ

khaki (colour)

タール色素 タールしきそ

tar dye

黄色い声 γγ„γ‚γ„γ“γˆ

shrill voice (esp. of women and children)