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色 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「色」

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9Elementary year 2 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「色」

On: ショク・シキしょく・しき · shoku · shiki
Kun: いろiro
Meaning: color

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Represents the color of things and faces.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショクしょくshoku	原色げんしょく特色とくしょく物色ぶっしょく
Onシキしきshiki	色彩しきさい色調しきちょう色欲しきよく
Kunいろiro	色いろ桜色さくらいろ色づくいろづく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

色紙いろがみ
colored paper
水色みずいろ
light blue

More words with this kanji

顔色かおいろ
茶色ちゃいろ
黄色きいろ
緑色みどりいろ
銀色ぎんいろ
景色けしき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

すきな色(いろ)は青(あお)です。

My favorite color is blue.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

艶

Reading

Map of radical 色 Map of reading ショク All maps

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