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Kanji Detail for 色 - "color, hue, beauty"

  • Meaning

    色 means "color, hue, beauty."

    1. Color - Hue; visual appearance of light.

    2. Complexion - Facial appearance and expression.

    3. Appearance - Outward look; aspect.

    4. Beauty - Attractive qualities.

    5. Passion - Romantic or sensual desire.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    color

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex

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

    The phenomenon displayed when light rays strike an object. Physics considers red, yellow, and blue as the three primary colors. Also, analyzing sunlight yields seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Anciently, blue, yellow, red, white, and black were called the five colors. | Appearance. Such as saying 親承色笑 (personally receiving someone's smile). Changing expression due to surprise or anger is called 作色. Searching for people by their appearance is called 物色 (seek out). All have this meaning. | Beauty (women). Such as 好色 (fond of women), 漁色 (pursue women). | Scenery. | Colloquially, one kind is called 一色 (one type).
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Sentences including

  • I'm color-blind.

  • He looks a good deal better today.

  • You look pale.

  • What a marvelous sight !

  • He was making sheep's eyes at my daughter.

  • I like dark red better.

  • Do you have this in any other colors?

  • I want to know more about your school life.

  • He looks pale.

  • Do you have any in red?

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