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Kanji Detail for 橙 - "orange, orange color"

橙

  • Meaning

    橙 means "orange, orange color." Also associated with chair.

    1. Orange - A citrus fruit.

    2. Orange color - A warm color between red and yellow.

    3. Chair - A seat (secondary meaning).

  • Words using 橙

    • 橙色 だいだいいろ Listen orange (color, colour)

  • Tattoo check: 橙

    • Verified meaning: orange, orange color
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かぶち, だいだい, ちぇん)
    • Also carries these associations: chair

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 橙

    Given names 橙(ちぇん)Listen

    Surnames 橙(かぶち)Listen 橙(だいだい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bitter orange

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    orange

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    orange tree; orange (color)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    orange

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Name of a fruit. The trunk is over a zhang tall. Leaves are like orange but larger. Flowers are white. Fruits ripen early after frost. Shape is round. Color is pure yellow. Taste is sour. Another variety has tight skin and fine texture, yellow-red color, juicy flesh, and sweet-sour taste, called sweet orange, or Guangdong orange. Those produced in Xinhui, Guangdong are especially sweet and delicious. | A type of stool. Interchangeable with 凳.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    daidai(だいだい) だいだい

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    orange orange color chair stool tangerine citrus mandarin clementine juice peel seat fruit

Sentences including 橙

  • Are oranges always orange?

  • I like oranges better than apples.

  • The setting sun is not yellow, but orange.

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