色 — kanji meaning “color”
色
color
- Meanings
- color
- On'yomi
- ショク (shoku)、シキ (shiki)
- Kun'yomi
- いろ
- Name readings
- しか、しこ
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #621 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 139
- Chinese reading
- sè, shǎi — Chinese character page
Words with 色
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄色 | きいろ kiiro | yellow; amber |
| 色彩 | しきさい shikisai | colour; color; hue |
| 景色 | けしき keshiki | scenery; scene; landscape |
| 色々 | いろいろ iroiro | various; a variety of; all sorts of |
| 緑色 | みどりいろ midoriiro | green; green color |
| 灰色 | はいいろ haiiro | grey; gray; ashen |
| 特色 | とくしょく tokushoku | characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity |
| 茶色 | ちゃいろ chairo | brown; light brown; tawny |
| 金色 | きんいろ kin'iro | gold (colour, color) |
| 音色 | ねいろ neiro | tone color; tone colour; tone quality |
| 顔色 | かおいろ kaoiro | complexion; skin tone; skin colour |
| 赤色 | あかいろ akairo | red; red color |
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