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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)
黄色色素異常症 γγ„γ‚γ—γγγ„γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ—γ‚‡γ†

xanthism

黄色色素異常症 γγ„γ‚γ—γγγ„γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ—γ‚‡γ†

xanthism

θ—θ‰²η΄°θŒ あいいろさいきん

blue-green bacterium

η΄…θ‰²η‘«ι»„η΄°θŒ γ“γ†γ—γ‚‡γγ„γŠγ†γ•γ„γγ‚“

purple sulfur bacteria

桷松色 みるいろ

dark yellowish green (similar to olive green)

θ‰²η•Œ しきかい

form realm

η™½θ‰²ηž³ε­” はくしょくどうこう

leukocoria

貝紫色 かいむらさきいろ

Tyrian purple

η°θ‰²γƒžγƒ³γ‚°γƒΌγ‚Ή γ―γ„γ„γ‚γƒžγƒ³γ‚°γƒΌγ‚Ή

Indian gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)

紫苑色 γ—γŠγ‚“γ„γ‚

light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster)

ζœ‰θ‰²ι‰±η‰© ゆうしょくこうぢ぀

mafic mineral

血色灯 せきしょくとう

red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)

ε§‰ε¦ΉζŸ“θ‰²εˆ†δ½“δΊ€ζ› γ—γΎγ„γ›γ‚“γ—γ‚‡γγΆγ‚“γŸγ„γ“γ†γ‹γ‚“

sister chromatid exchange

θ‰²γƒœγ‚± いろぼけ

person obsessed with thoughts of sex

色決め γ„γ‚γŽγ‚

final color (e.g. in auto paint shop)

灰色藻碱 かいしょくそうこう

Glaucophyceae (class of glaucophytes)

灰色怍物門 かいしょくしょくぢ぀もん

Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)

η·‘θ‰²ζ€η‰©δΊœη•Œ γ‚Šγ‚‡γγ—γ‚‡γγ—γ‚‡γγΆγ€γ‚γ‹γ„

Viridiplantae (subkingdom of green algae and land plants)

薄色θ₯Ώιƒ¨εœŸη«œ うすいろせいぢもぐら

broad-footed mole (Scapanus latimanus)

紅耐色 こうかっしょく

brownish-red