緑 – green

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The kanji 緑 means green. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リョク、ロク (ryoku, roku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みどり (midori). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リョク	ryoku
On’yomi	ロク	roku
Kun’yomi	みどり	midori

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: ヨ・糸・幺・小・水・隶.

Words using 緑

緑みどりgreen

Example sentences

あなたは緑と青を見分けることができますか。

Can you tell green from blue?

Tatoeba #231486

東京ミッドタウンは緑がいっぱい！

There's a lot of greenery in Tokyo Midtown!

Tatoeba #74154

Kanji with the same radical

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