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緑 — 14 strokes / Radical「糸」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 14 strokes / Radical「糸」
On
リョク・ロクりょく・ろく · ryoku · roku
Kun
みどりmidori
Meaning
green

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

糸 (thread) + 彔 (sound) — thread dyed green: the color green.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onリョクりょくryoku緑茶りょくちゃ緑陰りょくいん新緑しんりょく
Onロクろくroku緑青ろくしょう
Kunみどりmidori緑みどり薄緑うすみどり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 緑色みどりいろ

    green color

  • 新緑しんりょく

    fresh greenery

More words with this kanji

  • 翠緑すいりょく
  • 緑茵りょくいん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)が 緑(みどり)に なる。

The mountains turn green.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

新緑緑色緑新new色color級grade終end練practi…糸thread糺to cal…力power仂remain…六six朸a carr…肋rib
CompoundRadicalReading

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