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色

色 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 男女間の情欲。
  2. 容姿の美しさ。
  3. 顔色、顔つき、表情。
  4. いろ、光の波長の違いにより生ずる視覚効果。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「爪」（上からの手）+「卩」（ひざまずいた人）、形の由来は不明。一説に「印｛抑｝」の分化字。のち仮借して「表情」を意味する漢語｛色｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

color

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショクElem.
  • シキElem.
Kun (native)
  • いろElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • しか
  • しこ
Other languages
  • 拼音se4
  • 拼音shai3
  • 한글saeg
  • Hán-ViệtSắc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
色(いろ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+8272

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⺈巴

Words using this kanji

  • 色いろ（いろ）可視光スペクトルに起因する視覚効果。 （いろ）顔色。表情。 （いろ）様子。colour, color, hue, tint
  • 色彩しきさい物事の傾向や特色。colour, color, hue, tints
  • 色合いいろあい「いろあい」の漢字表記。colouring, coloring, shade (of colour), hue
  • 色紙しきし（いろがみ）色のついた紙。ただし白色をふくむ。染紙。 （いろがみ）折り紙などに用いる正方形の色つき紙。 （しきし）種々の色がついた料紙。w:和紙#平安時代の紙文化を参照。square fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, etc.
  • 色気いろけcolouring, coloring, shade of colour (color), sex appeal (esp. of women)
  • 色調しきちょう色のぐあい。色の調子。濃い、薄い、暗い、明るいなど。color tone, colour tone
  • 色素しきそ物体に色合いを与える成分。pigment, coloring, colouring, colorant
  • 色々いろいろvarious, a variety of, all sorts of, many (different)
  • 色んないろんなvarious, a variety of, all sorts of, many (different)
  • 色とりどりいろとりどりmulticolored, multicoloured, of various colors, of various colours
  • 色々あっていろいろあってwhat with this and that, for a number of reasons
  • 色分けいろわけclassification by colour, sorting by color, color-coding, colour-coding
  • 色刷りいろずりcolour printing, color printing
  • 色覚しきかく色を判別する能力。sense of color, sense of colour
  • 色鉛筆いろえんぴつ芯に色がついている鉛筆。colored pencil, coloured pencil
  • 色っぽいいろっぽいamorous, sexy, voluptuous, erotic
  • 色直しいろなおしchanging one's clothing (of a bride or groom during a wedding reception), redyeing (of clothes, etc.)
  • 色柄いろがらcolored pattern, coloured pattern
  • 色しょく（いろ）可視光スペクトルに起因する視覚効果。 （いろ）顔色。表情。 （いろ）様子。counter for colours, color, colour, colouring
  • 色しき（いろ）可視光スペクトルに起因する視覚効果。 （いろ）顔色。表情。 （いろ）様子。rupa (form), visible objects (i.e. color and form)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-4
Four Corner
2771.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2n4.1
Heisig
1890
Nelson
3889