色 – color

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The kanji 色 means color. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショク、シキ (shoku, shiki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いろ (iro). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 色 (no. 139).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショク	shoku
On’yomi	シキ	shiki
Kun’yomi	いろ	iro

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: 色 (Kangxi radical 139). Components: 巴・勹.

Words using 色

色いろcolour色々いろいろvarious黄色きいろyellow茶色ちゃいろbrown黄色いきいろいyellow景色けしきscenery特色とくしょくcharacteristic灰色はいいろgrey色しょくcounter for colours茶色いちゃいろいlight brown色彩しきさいcolour音色ねいろtone color脚色きゃくしょくdramatization (e.g. of a novel)着色ちゃくしょくcolouring

Example sentences

その色は彼女の髪の毛とよく合った。

The color went beautifully with her hair.

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満足の色が彼の顔に浮かんだ。

A look of contentment appeared on his face.

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色々と有り難うございます。忘れないように彼はそれを書き留めた。

Thank you very much for everything. He wrote it down lest he should forget it.

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Kanji with the same radical

艶

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