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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 (19 words)
色精度 いろせいど

color accuracy

色再現性 いろさいげんせい

color accuracy

青灰色 γ‚γŠγ―γ„γ„γ‚

grayish blue

ζŸ“θ‰²η΄  せんしきそ

coloring principle

δΊŒθ‰²ζ€§ にしょくせい

dichroism

血色鑔料 γ›γγ—γ‚‡γγŒγ‚“γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

red pigment

運歩色葉集 うんぽいろはしゅう

Unpoirohashuu (Muromachi-era dictionary)

ε₯½θ‰²δΈ€δ»£η”· γ“γ†γ—γ‚‡γγ„γ‘γ γ„γŠγ¨γ“

The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku (famous novel from the Edo period)

ε›½ιš›θ‰²ε½©ε­¦δΌš γ“γγ•γ„γ—γγ•γ„γŒγ£γ‹γ„

International Colour Association

ζ—₯ζœ¬θ‰²ε½©η ”η©Άζ‰€ γ«γ£γ½γ‚“γ—γγ•γ„γ‘γ‚“γγ‚…γ†γ˜γ‚‡

Japan Color Research Institute

ζ—₯ζœ¬θ‰²ε½©ε­¦δΌš γ«γ£γ½γ‚“γ—γγ•γ„γŒγ£γ‹γ„

Color Science Association of Japan

δ»₯θ‰²εˆ— むスラエル

Israel

θŒœθ‰² あかねいろ

madder red

ζš—θ‰² あんしょく

dark colour

ζš—θ΅€θ‰² あんせきしょく

dark red

ζš—θ€θ‰² あんかっしょく

dark brown

異色 いしょく

unique

鉛色 γͺγΎγ‚Šγ„γ‚

lead colour

η‚Žθ‰² γˆγ‚“γ—γ‚‡γ

flame (color, colour)

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