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Kanji Detail for 色 - "color, appearance, complexion"

色

  • Meaning

    色 means "color, appearance, complexion."

    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.

  • Words using 色

    • 色彩 しきさい Listen colour; color; hue
    • 特色 とくしょく Listen characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity
    • 難色 なんしょく Listen disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
    • 黄色 きいろ Listen yellow; amber
    • 一色 いっしょく Listen one color; one kind; one tendency
    • 異色 いしょく Listen unique; distinctive; novel
    • 灰色 はいいろ Listen grey; gray; ashen
    • 景色 けしき Listen scenery; scene; landscape

  • Four-character idioms with 色

    • 十人十色 じゅうにんといろ Listen several men, several minds; everyone has his own (ideas, tastes, interests, etc.); different strokes for different folks
    • 古色蒼然 こしょくそうぜん Listen antique-looking; looking hoary with patina
    • 喜色満面 きしょくまんめん Listen being all smiles with joy
    • 巧言令色 こうげんれいしょく Listen flattery; honeyed words
    • 才色兼備 さいしょくけんび Listen (a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
    • 暮色蒼然 ぼしょくそうぜん Listen dusky; somber light of a gathering dusk

  • Tattoo check: 色

    • Verified meaning: color, appearance, complexion
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いろ, しき)

    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 色

    Given names 色(しき)Listen

    Surnames 色(いろ)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

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    shiki(シキ) シキ

    shoku(ショク) ショク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    iro(いろ) いろ

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    色 (iro)

  • Related Keywords

    color complexion appearance beauty interest lover passion tone hue dye pigment tint shade lust sensuality

Sentences including 色

  • 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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