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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)
ι»„θ‰²γŒγ‹γ£γŸ γγ„γ‚γŒγ‹γ£γŸ

yellowish

色砂 いろすγͺ

coloured sand (used for coating interior plaster walls)

ιŠθ‰²εŠΉζžœ ゆうしょくこうか

iridescence

声色を使う こわいろを぀かう

to mimic someone's voice

濃き色 こきいろ

strong color (esp. purple or red)

三色パン さんしょくパン

sweet bread with three different fillings

θ‰²δ»˜γ‘γ‚‹ いろγ₯ける

to colour

θ‰²ζƒ…ε€’ιŒ― γ—γγ˜γ‚‡γ†γ¨γ†γ•γ

paraphilia

至ζ₯΅θ‰² しごくいろ

dark purple (formerly only worn by the highest-ranking officials)

θ‰²η”·ι‡‘γ¨εŠ›γ―γͺγ‹γ‚Šγ‘γ‚Š γ„γ‚γŠγ¨γ“γ‹γ­γ¨γ‘γ‹γ‚‰γ―γͺγ‹γ‚Šγ‘γ‚Š

handsome men have neither money nor power

ι»„θ‰²γƒ–γƒ‰γ‚¦ηƒθŒ γŠγ†γ—γ‚‡γγƒ–γƒ‰γ‚¦γγ‚…γ†γγ‚“

golden staph (Staphylococcus aureus)

青竹色 γ‚γŠγŸγ‘γ„γ‚

blue-green

焼き色 やきいろ

brown colour (created by roasting or firing)

θ‰²δ»˜γ いろ぀き

colored

倭色 ウェセク

Japanese style

血黄色 あかきいろ

yellow with a tinge of red

雨景色 あまげしき

rain scene

ζ˜₯景色 はるげしき

spring landscape

彩色く さいしく

to colour

葀紅色 けっこうしょく

blood red