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Kanji Detail for 綠 - "green"

綠

  • Meaning

    綠 means "green." Also associated with verdant.

    1. Green - The color of growing plants; verdant hue.

    2. Verdant - Covered with green vegetation; lush and fresh.

    3. Nature - The natural world; growing things.

  • Tattoo check: 綠

    • Verified meaning: green
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: verdant

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    green; chlorine

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    green; chlorine

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in names

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    green; chlorine

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

    A blue-yellow color. Chlorine in chemistry. Commonly called 綠氣. A yellow-green gas. With a very pungent smell. Even slight inhalation. Is enough to damage the respiratory tract. Or cause coughing blood. Combined with sodium it forms table salt. It is especially abundant in the ground and seawater.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    roku(ロク) ロク

    ryoku(リョク) リョク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    midori(みどり) みどり

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    green verdant nature grass color ecology environment flora foliage freshness grove growth jade lawn leaf leaves meadow plant renewal shoot

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